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Foreword 



Iowa's River to River Road, extending trom Daven- 
port to Council Bluffs across what the whole world 
grants is one of the garden places of earth, is one of 
those instances of highway making which have come 

- ." about through the co-operative i ffort of the people of 

*|S many cities and towns and their adjacent countrysides, 

^^ acting in accordance with plans prepared by automo- 

bile owners and makers. These thoroughfares are ex- 
tending to all parts of tae united States and it is already certain that they are to form 
the basis of that comprehensive development of good roads which has been long desired 
for comfort and long den^anded by economic reciuirements, but which, until the great 
automobile endurance tours came, did not seem possible of speedy attainment. The 
farmer had felt keenly for years his need of good highways; but, except in a very 
partial way, he did not realize much of his hopes in that direction until the auto en- 
thusiast joined with him in efforts to reach a common end. In the case of Iowa's River 
to River Road, the famous Glidden tour, scheduled to pass along its length if it could be 
made available, was the immediate occasion for the improvement of the highway. Com- 
mittees of business and professional men and farmers in each county gladly and en- 
ergetically assumed the resptnsibility and expense of preparation of a part of this road. 
The King drag was brought into action, fills were made where necessary, and, in so short 
a time that the achievement seemed little less than miraculous, an excellent highway 
in all weathers was prepared the width of the Hawkeye state, a highway doubtless 
destined to such further improvement in the near future that it will become part of a 
great national pike on the way between Chicago and Denver. 

While the effort of many persons thus bro ught the road to its present state of ex- 
cellence and thereby added many thousands of dollars to the economic resources of the 
state, it is nevertheless true that especial mention should be made of several in- 
dividuals for the essential parts they took in the matter. To Lafayette Young, 
publisher of The Dos Moines Daily Capital, and publicist and orator of national 
reputation, is assuredly due the credit for the suggestion of the road and its route and 
he may, therefore, very justly be called its' founder. What more fitting monument could 




Sheep at the Colonies, South Aiiiana 



such a public man have of his career of effortin theger.eralinterest? Through 
the columns of his paper Mr. Young gave freely and without limit the need- 
ed initial publicity for the organization of the project, and the bright young 
men of the Capital were always and everywhere on the ground, recording 
the progress of the work as soon as it was under way and up to the hour of 
its completion. The other Des Moines papers and the papers of all the other 
cities along the line of the road and throughout the whole state, for that 
matter, did yeoman service in the good cause. The press, indeed, was a 
unit and evidence was again given that Iowa has the most intelligent and 
most alert newspapers, daily and weekly, in the United States, as well as 
the most prosperous. An able lieutenant of Mr. Young in his campaign for 
the River to River Road, and one whose enthusiasm and ability were every 

moment effective, is Mr. J. W. Eichinger, good roads editor of the Capital. Ho followed carefully the demon- 
stration of the truth of his chief's expressed belief in what road dragging methods could do to the highways of 
Iowa under present legislation and levies with the existing township and county road making organizations. 

Perhaps it will not seem a bit of boasting, if it is said that, just as the new highway is a step in 
advance, just so are the maps presented in connection with this text an improvement over others of 
the kind. A novelty of them, at any rate, lies in the fact that they can be fixed without refer- 
ence to the descriptions accompanying them, though it is hoped to make the latter illuminating and other- 
wise well worth while. The noted Automobile Blue Book of the East has not this advantage for its users, 
and in this respect, it is submitted, Iowa map makers have set a new standard certain to be very widely 
appreciated and speedily accepted by their competitors in other parts of the country. It 
is not too much to say that these are the best road maps ever published. Their accuracy 
is assured for the reason that the engineers of the Iowa Publishing Company, under the 
personal supervision of M. Huebinger, C. E., of Des Moines, have an established reputa- 
tion in their profession second to none in the United States. 

Acknowledgment, last but by no means least, should be made to those who, in the 
several communities along the route of the road, expedited matters by conveying the 
engineering parties, the scouting autos and the men of the press from point to point along 
the great highway. Their assistance was invaluable and the spirit in which they render- 
ed it made the work one of pleasure as well as use. These men are an important part 
of the River to River Road Association which comprises all those who have assisted (li- 
Aiuny the Road rectly and indirectly in the project. 





The bottom dropped out of Iowa roads during the fall of 1909 as every lowan 
remembers, and the Glidd?n tour was in sight for advertisement of the state for 
good or ill. This is why the work was andertaken. The River to River Road As- 
sociation, formed as a part of the state >vide plans formulated by delegates called 
together officially by Governor Carroll, undertook the achievement. With an execu- 
tive committeeman in each of twelve counties in charge of the work in his county, 
things moved quickly. Grades were built up, wet places drained and hundreds ot 
drags put in operation. This is how the work was carried out. Moreover, the 
same methods and the same organization are keeping the highway in its new con- 
dition, and, in fact, bettering it, from day to day. 

That apostle of Democracy, the Fren chman De Tocpieville, whose visions of a 
century ago are still steadily coming true, and who saw as deeply and as clearly 
into the human heart as any man of modern times, said in his noble work "Democ- 
racy in America," that "the valley of the Mississippi is, upon the whole, the most magnificent dwelling place 
prepared by God for man's abode." All of the River to River Road lies in this valley, since the Missouri is 
a tributary of the Mississippi, and the traveler along the length of the new highway, as well as along any 
part of it. is likely to agree with De Toqueville in the latter's estimate of the beauty and fertility of the coun- 
try through which it passes. Indeed, it is hard to determine with justice that any one part of the territory 
traversed is more attractive than any other. Each has its peculiar advantages, offsetting, as it were, those of an- 
other. 

The Publishers 



Musquaki Indians campiny 
along road 





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River to River Road 
Association 




OFFICERS 



W. E. WEEKS. Chairman. 

J. W. EICHINGER. Secreiam. 



Gulhrie Center 
Des Moines. Polk ('ounty 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN 



DICK R. I.ANE. 

FRANK C. CARSON. 

C. M. BEEM. - 

B. J. RICKER. 

L. U. BAUM. - 

W. E. MOVER 

M. W. THORNBURG. - 

J. W. FOSTER. - 

EDWIN DELAHOYDE - 

DR. F. W. PORTERFILED. 

CHARLES R. HANAN - 



Da\enport. Scotl (bounty 

Iowa City. Johnson Cuunty 

Marengo. Iowa County 

- Grinnell. Poweshiek County 

Newton, Jasper County 

Des Moines. Polk County 

RedBeld Dallas i!^ounty 

Guthrie Center. Guthrie (bounty 

Exira. Auduban County 

Atlantic. Cass (bounty 

Council Blutfs, Pottawattamie Co. 




River to River Road 



Col. Lafayette Young 

Editor and Publisher Des Moines 

Daily Capital 



Iowa's River to River Road is a dragged road from Davenport to Council Bluffs. 
It crosses Iowa in almost a straight line from river to river along the main .-cute 
of all transcontinental travel. The ro id is 380 miles long. It passes through Ues 
Moines, capital of the state, a dozen bright, hustling, little cities, ranging from 5,000 
to 25,000 inhabitants and some thirty small towns and villages. There are over GOO 
farm houses fronting on the road and more than 1,500 that stand within one mile 
of the road. 

The River to River Road has been improved and is being maintained by the 
River to River Association. This is an organization comprising business and pro- 
fessional men living along the road in each of the twelve counties through which 
it passes. There is an executive committeeman in each county who has full charge 
of everything pertaining to the road in his territory. Headquarters are maintained with 
the association secretary in charge in the office of The Des Moines Capital. 

The River to River Road is a newspaper enterprise backed up by the co-operation of 
all the people living along the road. It was planned and carried to completion as an ob 
ject lesson in road making and as one phase of a general good roads campaign conducted 
through the columns of The Capital by J. W. Eichinger, good roads editor of The Capital. 
Col. Lafayette Young, editor and publisher of The Capital, first broached the idea of a 
River to River Road. He urged it as a demonstration of what road dragging methods could 
do to the highways of Iowa under present road legislation and levies and with the exist- 
ing township and county road making organizations. 

During the fall of 1909 Iowa's highways were the worst in many years. The bottom 
simply dropped out all over the state. Rural routes were discontinued, some times for 
weeks in succession. It became apparent more than ever before that the one greatest 
need in Iowa was improved highways. No one in the state could realize this so well as 
the state news editor of a great state wide paper. It was at this time when the burden of jir. j w. eichinger 

all correspondence coming into the office of The Capital was the condition of the public Telegraph and Iowa News 
highways, that a campaign for road improvement was determined upon. Through a chance Editor Des Moines 

Capital 





remark of William Wiseman, former City Editor of The i.'apital, the good roads 
editor learned of Col. Young's suggestion of a River to fliver Road This was 
seized upon as the concrete thing to be accomplished and to be made the basis 
of the entire general campaign. The River to River Road idea and the plan tor 
having the road improved and maintained by the co-operation of the people liv- 
ing along the road was sprung. The plan was based on the road officers of an un- 
broken line of townships from one side of the state to the other, improving and 
maintaining the section of the road lying inside their town?hip borders. The idea 
caught on. The general good roads campaign caught on also. March 8 and 9. in 
response to a call issued by Governor Carroll, 2,000 delegates gathered in Des 
Moines in a general state convention and in response to a call from the good 
roads editor of The Capital 200 delegates from the twelve River to River Road 
counties gathered in a caucus on the River to River Road. There was a hot 
fight over rival routes, but in the end the River to River Road Association was 

organized. Live men were secured in each county as executive committeemen. These men organized their 
counties, and finally set to work upon the actual imprcxiug of the highway. Grades were built up, wet place-; 
drained and hundreds of road drags set to work. Within a short time a large portion of the road was under 
road dragging contracts, in which farmers living along the road, agreed to drag the highway after every rain and 
receive the state drag law, the sum of fifty cents per mile traveled by the drag 

J. W. Eichinger 



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congratulating Mr. H.J. Kicker, of Griimeil. 

upon splendid condition of Iowa Ro.^ds 



Davenport 




High Schuul 



At Davenport, which sits so majestically upon its hills overlooking the noble 
stream which laves its shores, one very naturally, and very properly, goes to Rods 
Island arsenal on the government island opposits the great city which is spreading 
out over so much of the eastern part of Scott County. It is from this island that one 
of the inost extensive of the world's railway systems takes its name and over its 
tracks, crossing the island, the heavy traffic of transcontinental transport and travel 
is daily shunted back and forth with the speed of lightning. From car windows mil- 
lions have eagerly taught glimpses of the beauties of this reservation, which, in the 
midst of the scenes of peace, is devoted to the purposes of war. Here is the greatest ordnance manufacturing 
establishment in the United States, destined, if wars shall not cease, to be one of the greatest in the world. Here, 
too. is one of the iinest natural parks in existence, golf links that have been pronounced the peer of any in the 
world, and old buildings and cemeteries. Union and Confederate, which give a spot naturally charming a high 
historical interest. The length of this island can be traversed in an auto over a government road of macadam 
that gives one an idea of what the River to River road itself may be in the course of time, if the present in- 
terest is not allowed to subside and the present organization for improvement is sedulously maintained. The 
arsenal road is road perfection, nothing less. 

Leaving the smooth going of this macadam and returning by the plank roadway of the government's great 
steel bridge, erected under the engineering direction of Ralph Modjeska, son of Madame Modjeska, the noble 
woman ana gifted actress, wiiose recent death in California left the world in tears, 
one honks down the asphalted streets of Davenport, assuredly one of the most beauti- 
ful and one of the most interesting of Midwestern American cities. Here, counting 
the cities of Rock Island and Moline, which find their metropolitan center on the 
Iowa side, is a community very compactly built, covering in fact hardly more than 
half of the area of the city of Des Moines, and yet possessing a population of not 
le.= ;-. than 125,000 souls. The growth of each decade of late has been about 25,0U'J. 
with a decided tendency to accelerancn as the aggregate increases. It is perfectly 
certain that there is to be at this point on the banks of the Mississippi a two-state 
cit\ of not less than a quarter of a million people in the cotirse of another genera- 
tion. Always an important distributing point for eastern Iowa and western Illinois. 
Davenport has been growing grear at the expense of its neighbors in the manufac- 
turing and wholesaling lines and has easily been able to hold its own in all fie .1 in 




the face of keen competition from Chicago, less than 200 miles away. Through 
the activity and well directed efforts of its business men in their associated capac- 
ity, it has cultivated a steadily enlarging field of trade, until, in these days, wherever 
one goes in Iowa one meets the Davenport traveling man carrying sample cases 
for Davenport houses and extremely proud of it, Ix)ve of his city is the striking 
characteristic of the Davenporter, and when one has seen his city and its sur- 
roundings as one may easily do in an auto any fine day, one does not wonder at all 
that he feels that way about it. Up at Bettendorf, which is an adjacent suburb, 
there is one of the mammoth factories of the country in process of erection and at 
the same time in operaiion day and night making steel cars for the railways. It 
would take a book iarger than this one merely to enumerate the industries of Dav- 
enport. Besides it is more pleasant to visit the parks and traverse the boulevards. 




Schuetzen Park 



Walcott 



Walcott is situated a half mile off the River to River road, thirteen miles from Davenport and 

is the first station on the Rock Island's main line west of that city. It is easily reached by 
a short detour from the main highway and is the location of a well eqiiipped and intelligently 
conducted garage. Town and its surroundings lie on absolutely level ground and the country in the vicinity is 
often referred to as some of the best in the entire state Streets of the town are partly macadamized and being 
constantly improved. Also lawns and gardens are well kept and the stranger is impressed with the note of 
neatness prevailing in the community, which is largely a German one. A good bank offers accommodations of 
its kind to the tourist, and the business houses and hotels are of unusual excellence. The high tower of the 
water works may be climbed and from the top, guarded by a railing, one may obtain a good view of the 
surroundings. 



On tlie Missis.sippi 
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A Residence Street 



J. Durant is a typical town of this part of the state, a tidy little 

11 rune city where it is pleasant to stop and where the inhabitants 

are agreeable and helpful. One finds a hearty welcome here 

at any time of the day and has, through the medium of the stores and repair 

shops, means of first aid to the injured machine and resources in the way of 

needed supplies of all sorts. 

Wilfrkn Tiinofion Wilton Junction is a town of 1,200 inhabitants 
lllUIl JUIlCllUIl and is situated on the main line of the Rock 

Island railroad. A branch runs from here to Mus- 
catine, connecting with the Kansas City division of the same system. The town 
is known far and wide for its fine residences and public improvements such as 
cement walks in every part of the corporation. The mayor and city council are 
progressive and good water works and electric light plant are municipally owned 
and operated with success and iToflt to the taxpayers and consumers. The Warner Arc Light Company and the 
Muscatine French Cheese Company are located here and ship their products to all parts of the world. The 
Commercial club is active in getting such industries and progressive in other ways. B. W. Clark is the presi- 
dent of this organization and H. E. Nicolaus secretary. A. R. Whitmer is mayor of the city. 

lVrn«iPnvv ^^ ^ ^^^'' ^^P'^s'':'"' ^°'' ^''- Charles Drury, later Mr. Biglow laid out an addition. In 1866, a dam 
•'■'^-'-'J^*^*-' " was built across the Cedar River, and a mill built in 1867. which, like many other schemes ot 
early days, proved an unfortunate investment Moscow is much admired for its fine location 
on the banks of the Cedar river. ! 



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ISC'! Was platted and filed for record by John P. Cook and William Lundy, January 31, 1856. Mr. 
lastl Lundy being the former owner of the land. The River to River road bounds the southern limits. 



Wf «t T lKf»rT\/ West Liberty, an important railroad and residence town, is situated on land as level 
ttCsI A^lUt-riy as a table and capable of producing all kinds of grain. It is the division point for 

postiil clerks on the main line, east and west, of the C, R. I. & P. railway, and the 
residence also of a large number of traveling men who find here a convenient as well as pleasant place to live. 
The north and south line of the Rock Island, carrying trains from St. Paul to St. Louis, crosses the Chicago- 

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Denvei- line at this point, with the result that, on both lines of the system there are thirty-two passenger 
trains daily. There is a good restaurant and an excellent hotel. 

The town has a population of 2,000 and is surrounded by a thickly settled farming community. 

Over ninety per cent of the people are American and the majority of the land is owned by the farmers 
who occupy it. 

Land values have reached as high if not the highest figure of any place in the state. 

The town has four churches and splendid schools, owns and operates municipal water and electric I'ght 
plants, and will install a system of sewerage the present year. There are three strong banks, and all other 
lines of business are represented. 

The section of the county in which West Liberty is situated boasts the best roads in *.he county, the farmers 
being progressive and diligent in keeping them in excellent condition. 

The large milk condensing plant which is located at this place makes it one of the best locations for dairy 
farming in the state. 




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Iowa City 



There are cities and towns each boasting of their distinctive advantages in this and that particular line to 
attract the attention of those looking for what they term "a better location" — a place that has the complete 
requisites for the home life as well as for business, whether it be mercantile, industrial or professional. 

When you are looking for the "City Beautiful" possessed with the advantages of rearing the young men and 
the young women for the higher walks of life, you have Iowa City standing ready to serve humanity in the 
future as in the past. Our great State University has graduated young men and young women wbo have held 
and today hold some of the most responsible public offices in these United States. Men who have shaped and 
molded, and are molding the future of this nation, have gone out from the State University in Iowa City. 

The opportunities for a livelihood in Iowa City are most excellent. The city shows increase and growth in 
population, is abreast and in many instances surpassing other cities of this country havmg 10,000 population, 
which is credited to Iowa City by a fair-sized margin, and which does not include the students and attendance 
at the university, numbering about 2,500. 

The environments here are of the best. In this connection 
we take rride in our Y. M. C. A. home, costing over $25,000, our 
public library, the finely equipped university library and mu- 
seum, our city parks, one of which covers over eighty acres and 
is a garden spot supplied with attractions for young people. 

A fine water system, recently equipped at a great expense, 
with the most modern filters. The water is pumped not from 
th(> Iowa river, but from an underground supply, assuring pure, 
wholesome water which is conducive to good health. 

A sewerage system, well installed, measures 25 miles in 
length, 25 miles of bitulithic paving adds to the appearance of 
the city, also 40 miles of granatoid walks. Oas mains cover an 
area of 25 miles. For the care of the sick and unfortunate 
Iowa City has three large, well equipped hospitals with 70 
nurses and the best of medical science in attendance. Three 
daily and one tri-weekly newspapers furnish the news for Iowa 
City and vicinity. 

A commercial club, located in quarters that would be a cred- 




OLD ST.A.TE CAPITAL 

Where Territorial and State Legislatures met until 1857 

—Now University Administration Building. 



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Elks Club Building 



Elks club uuilding just recently 
completed costing over $35,000 and Is complete in every particular. The 
Country Club and golf links along the beautiful Iowa river affords an ex- 
cellent outing during the summer months. 

Tourists and visitors are always welcome to all Iowa City clubs and 
club buildings and a card addressed to the secretary of the commercial 
club asking for information will bring to you more details about Iowa 
City, the '"City Beautiful," and its citizens. 

The Iowa City Automobile Club is a strong, active organization and 
is doing excellent work in promoting the cause for good, well drained high- 
ways. 

In short, "Know Iowa City," the educational center of the middle west. 
The place for business, homes and education. 



Robt. N. Carson. 



it to any city twice the size of Iowa City and with a membership of 
250 is actively engaged in promoting the interests of the city and its 
citizens. That Iowa City has a great future is evidenced by the ac- 
tivities in interurbans at this time, now having a line to Cedar Rapids 
on the north, two more interurbans are to be built. One to Davenport on 
the east and one to Otumwa on the southwest. A street car system will 
be built before snow flies in the :iutumn of 1910. 

Iowa City is to be the "Interarban Hub" of the State of Iowa. The 
traveling salesman knows what this will mean to him as an easy point 
of access. He is looking for a good city in which to live to educate his 
family and give them the best of environment and at the same time be 
able to get out over his territory on an hourly service in most any direc- 
tion and make connection with steam railway trunk lines in addition 
to the splendid service afforded north, east, south and west over the 
Omaha main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Ry. Speaking 
of club advantages, this city has an 




IOWA AVENUE. IOWA CITY 
"The most beautiful street I have seen 
in the United States in any city of this size." 
— John Temple Graves. Editor New York 
American. 



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Tiffin Tiffin is situated eight miles west of Iowa City on the Roclf Island railroad line and the Marengo 
X 11 11 11 road, the main highway east and west through this section and part of the River to River Road runs 

through the village, which has a population of 200. There is one bank, a lumber yard, a coal yard, 
two large general stores, one meat market, a blacksmith shop, an implement warehouse, two garages, a hotel, 
four gasoline stations, and a tile factory employing twenty men. There are two churches in the town. The 
Cartercar, the Overland and the Oakland machines are handled by the local dealers. Thirty cars are owned in 
the township. Tiffin is one of the greatest automobile centers in the world for its size. Every other man 
thinks and talks car most of the time. Tourists, as might be expected, are cordially welcomed and information 
is given that is accurate. 

/^-,fnrf1 ^° incorporated town of about 1,000 inhabitants, located on the main line of the C, R. I. & 
KJX.LiJl U p f> f{ ^ 252 miles west of Chicago. It has a large number of stores of all kinds and is doing a 
prosperous business. The township surrounding is rolling and best adapted to stock raising, nearly 
all the productions of the township as well as ad.ioining ones, are shipped from this point. During the past few 
years Oxford has gained considerably in population, and will no doubt continue to grow. The town was laid 
out by C. S. Wilcox in 1869 or 1S70. and since then several additions have been added. 




At Tiffin 



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Amana Society 



l.iitiiifaii llouiestead 

Homestead and South Amana are towns owned by the Amana Society, which the tourist will tind well worth 
careful study. Strangers are kindly treated and assisted in every possible way in these communities. The 
Amana Society is an organization ot a religious nature, but combines also methods and systems of living and con- 
ducting; business in a socialistic way that reflect great credit upon the association. It is said that the society 
originated in Germany about the year 1714 among those who desired a peaceful life, and with less formality 
than was exercised by existing religious sects and denominations. They were especially opposed to wars or any 
participation therein, their position on this subject being summed up in the following declarations: 

First. The teachings of Christ forbid war. 

Second. The precepts and practice of the apostles agree with the teachings of Christ. 

Third. The early Christians were firm in their belief in the unjustness of war and many suffered death in 
affirmation ol this belief. 

Fourth. War is not a necessary evil, for if the peoi)le would not fight, ambitious rulers would either have to 
fight themselves or dwell in peace and harmony. 

Fifth. The general character of Christianity is wholly inconsistent with war and its general duties are con- 
trary to it. 

Growth of the Society 

The growth of the order by additions of believers and a community of thought led the society to lease lands 
and factories where they could bring their membership together, and little by little they became socialistic and 
in time the idea of a community of interest became a part of their faith and plan of life. 



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In 1842 Mons. Cabet's book on communism, and imaginary uto])ian dream 
called "The Voyage and Adventures of Lord Carisdal in Icaria," seemed to stim- 
ulate the society to a new movement in search of a new and broader field and 
greater liberty of action, with less of the antagonism experienced in the old 
country. So in 1842 four men were selected to visit America and look up a new 
location. They reached this country toward the last of October, 1842, and first 
examined lands near Lake Chautauqua, in western New York, but were not suit- 
eJ. They then examined lands near Buffalo, soon to be vacated by the Seneca 
Indians, and finally purchased .5,000 acres at $10.50 an iicre. Members of the 
society to the number of fifty soon came over and in May, 1843, a village was laid 

out and named Ebenezer. Later two other villages were platted and called Amana Girls 

Upper and Lower Ebenezer. the first one being then called Middle Ebenezer. 
A. large meeting bouse was built, also school houses, as v ell as dwellings and a 

saw mill. By the end of 1843 the community numbered 350 persons. Some trouble of an annoying nature was 
had with the Indians, who were slow to vacate the lands, in time. In 1844 members had come over from the old 
country until the membership reached 800. In February. 1845, the society was incorporated; saw mills, grist 
mills and woolen mills were built and additional land purchased until they were owners of 8,000 acres. 

Move to Iowa 

After some years, for various reasons, the elders of the community decided to look up a new location where 
a larger area of cheaper land could be obtained, farther away from the unpleasant influences of a rapidly grow- 
ing city like Buffalo; so in 1855 the society selected a committee to go west in search of a more satisfactory 
locality. The committee finally reached Davenport, Iowa, then went to Muscatine and from there up the Iowa 
river to Iowa City, where the state capital had been located; from Iowa City they drove westward into Iowa 
county, where setlement had just begun, where land was cheap, where the soil was rich and where the broad 
rolling prairies and clear running streams made a landscape most pleasing and attractive. Government land 
could be bought at $1.25 an acre and settlers' claims at $500 to $800 a quarter section. The commitee made its 
report and the society at once bought 18,000 acres. Then began the removal of members from near Buffalo to the 
new location in Iowa county, Iowa. Not all could some at once. It took nearly ten years to accomplish the sale 
of the eastern property and bring the last of the membership to Iowa. In the meantime improvemei" ' " were 
made as rapidly as circumstances would permit. On acquiring possession of the land they at once laid c:' ' town 
about a mile north of the Iowa river on a beautiful sloping prairie near a lake of about 200 acres and v.ith a 
small stream running through the proposed village. The name given it was Amana, found in the Songs of Solo- 
mon (Chap. IV.-18). The meaning of the word is "remain true." 

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other villages were afterwards laid out, West Amana, and South Amana in 1856, High Aniana in 1857, East 
Amana in 1860, Homestead in 1S61, Middle Amana in 1862 and New South Amana in 1883. When all had reached 
the new home from Buffalo the membership was 1,200. 

The civil war caused them some embarrassment, but they met conditions by furnishing money for the em- 
ployment of an equitable number of substitutes at $300 each. 



Regularly Incorporated 

The Aniana Society is regularly incorporated under the laws of the state. 
Its principal object is defined to be promotion of the temporal and spiritual wel- 
fare and happiness of its members; and its principal business to acquire real 
and personal property, to carry on agricultural and mechanical pursuits, to build 
villages, churches, schools, factories, etc. The legislative management of the so- 
ciety is in the hands of thirteen trustees elected annually. The executive depart- 
ment consists of one director, one vice-director and one secretary elected annu- 
ally by the trustees. 

The society makes steady improvement of its property from year to year 

More and more land was placed under cultivation, a canal nine miles long w-as 

built to bring water from the Iowa river and furnish power, taking three years 

to construct; an artesian well was put down 1,600 feet, grist mills, saw mills, 

woolen mills, cotton mills, hominy mills, a starch factory, soap factory, a pepsin factory, stores, lumber and coal 

and cattle yards, school houses, dwellings, meeting houses, barns and out-buildings constructed and all else 

needed in the successful management of its affairs. The products of its mills are "made upon honor," the best 

of their kind, and find a ready market. The Amana Society brand has won the implicit confidence of the public. 

The society has three physicians who look after the sick or ailing. 




O.X Team Used at the Society 



Eighty Elders 

Eighty elders look after spiritual matters, conduct Sunday and Wednesday meetings and every evening 
prayer meetings. They believe in the inspiration of the Bible and make it the cornerstone of their faith. They 
endeavor to be guided in their lives by the teachings of Christ and the Apostles. 



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They believe in prayer, in the resurrection, and in reward hereafter for the good and punishment for the 
wicked. They indulge in singing, but not instrumental music. 

All property is owned by the society. II a new member comes in from outside he turns in his property and 
takes a receipt for it. If afterwards he wishes to withdraw it is returned to him without interest. 
Each family has its own hcise and garden and family ties are held sacred. 
They believe in education and maintain good schools. 

They dress and live plainly, but their tables are supplied with an abundance of the best of meats, vegetables, 
fruits, etc. 

The growth of the society is shown by the statement that SOO came over from tho did country and settled 
at Buffalo; 1,200 came from Buffalo to Iowa and the membership in this year of 1910 numbers about 1,800. The 
society now owns 2.5,000 acres of choice land, thousands of head of cattle, sheep, hogs, horses and poultry, and 
mills and factories that turn out many thousands of dollars worth of products every year beyond the needs of 
thi! community. 

The foregoing has been gleaned in part from an interesting work by Wm. R. Perkins and B. L. Wick, entitled, 
■'History of tho Ani-ra Society or Community of True Inspiration," published by the University press at Iowa 
City. 

This city is named after the plains of Marengo, where 
Bonaparte fought his battle of "Marengo," June 14, 
1800. The original town of Marengo was created by 
a commission to locate a seat of justice for Iowa county and it is said 
that the commission which traveled in a platform buggy, and after 
taking the necessary preventive against ague and other ailments, de- 
cided that this valley where Marengo now stands is pretty enough 
for a "Seat cf Justice," therefore Marengo has Ijeen the county seat of 
Iowa county ever since by legislative act. 

Marengo is the center of one of the finest and best agricultural 
districts in Iowa. Marengo is situated about midway between Dav- 
enport and Des Moines and has in early days occupied that distinction, 
as being the half way stop. 

She now has a good substantial business, four strong banks, twelve 
blocks of modern pavement, all the different churches are represented, 
and up-to-date and enterprising business men. Marengo has a popula- 
tion of 2,500 people. It has one of the best high schools in the state 
of Iowa and has a big bunch of men that are enthusiastic automobile men. 

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Marengo 



irtiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiriiii 



Residence Street 



J _j The town of Ladora is in one of the best agricultural districts of the 

L^QdOrO. state and about equal distance from Des Moines and Davenport on the 



main line of the Rock Island, 
portant shipping point for grain and stoclc. 



The place is a busy one, being an ini- 



Victor 



Victor is one of the most enterprising centers of population and business 
on the road. The census gives it in the neighborhood of 1,000 people. 
It owns its water works, is well lighted and has power furnished bj a 

dam in the creek. This dam operates the Victor Roller Mills. Victor has fine schools. 

Of interest to tourists is the fact that a good garage is here and that expert assistance 

is rendered and supplies furnished as may bo needed. 




Brooklyn 



Sloan's Garage 
Brooklyn 



Brooklyn, the lively town fifteen miles east of Grinnell, has a popula- 
tion of about 1,500 and is an important railroad point, being a freight 
division on the Rock Island railroad. Nearly all the flyers on the Rock Island stop hern 

going both ways, though many of them do not stop at the station, but at the coaling chutes east of the station. 

It is interesting to note that there is a first-class garage in Brooklyn, that of B. W. Sloan, at which service 

and supplies can bo obtained equal to the best afforded in the larger cities. Brooklyn was considered as the 

location of the state capital at the time it was moved from Iowa City to Dea Moines. 





The K.iad Tliruush LaUura 



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G r i n n e 1 1 



Home of Hon. J. B. Grinnell 



A New England town in the heart of Iowa, the little city of Grinnell 
stands unique among the comniunities of the state, lis streets, arched over 
with trees, its well-kept green lawns, no less than the attitude 'if its people 
toward mora! and religious questions, help to convey the impression of New 
England. 

Grinnell was founded by J. B. Grinnell, who came to Iowa with the 
famous injunction of Horace Greeley ringing in his ears: "Go west young 
man, go west." Mr. Grinnell came west and founded the city which bears 
his name as a little Congregational settlement in the h^'art of the bare 
Iowa prairie. From the first, Mr. Grinnell's personality made itself felt. 
During the troubled days before the Civil War Grinnell was a hotbed of 
abolition feeling. It was one of the stations on the famous "Underground Railroad," which passed runaway 
slaves onward in their search for freedom. John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame, was a visitor at the Grinnell 
home, and many other famous men were guests there. A great tree in the yard of the Grinnell homestead is 
still known as the Beecher Elm. 

Almost irum the first, Grinnell has been closely identified with Grinnell 
College, formerly Iowa College. Town and college have grown together. 
In 1SS2. the historic (Jrinnell cyclone swept them both, but both rose 
stronged than ever before from their ruins. The cyclone was a blessing in 
disguise for Grinnell as was the fire which destroyed the business sec- 
tion ?. few years later, for as a result Grinnell has more modern business 
blocks than are usually found in a town of this size. 

Grinnell is healthfully located on one of the highest points in Iowa. 
It has a population of about 5,500. It is supplied with water from four ar- 
tesian wells which give an abundant and pure supply. The water works 
are municipally owned. The city is lighted by electricity and gas, and is 
now being paved with bitulithic paving, the contract for which is the 
largest single paving contract ever let in the state of Iowa. 

Grinnell is a hustling, progressive little city. It has a live Commer- 
cial Club and an Automobile Club which does things. It has a special in- 




Grinnell College. A part of Quadrangle 



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terest for automobilisls from the fact that automobiles are manufactured here. 

Grinnell is located on the main lines of the Rock Island and Iowa Central railroads. It has beautiful homes, 
an excellent school system, in addition to college (Carnegie) library, a fine city library, and it is surrounded by 
the best farming country in Iowa. 

It has two parks, one in the very heart of the business section, one on the outskirts surrounding a beau- 
tiful artificial body of water known as Arbor Lake. 

From a physical, social, educational or religious viewpoint Grinnell is preeminently fitted and is preeminently 
a home city. Many move here to secure educational advantages for their children and none are disappointed. 

Grinnell courts investigation. It claims to be the best city of its inches in Iowa. 



Kellogg 



Is in the eastern part of Jasper county. It was laid out in 1865 before the railroad reached this 
point. It was the terminus of the railroad for about a year and as a consequence received con- 
siderable trade at that time, the road pushing through to Des Moines in 1867. The town was 

incorporated in 1S74 and a council organized the same year. 

Automobilists will find Craven's Garage, which is located here, one of the best equipped along the River to 

River road. 



|VT„.-.|-„„ The county seat of Jasper county, is located on the C, 

i>ievVlOIl R I & p_ the Iowa Central and Ft. D., D. M. & S. 

railways, 35 miles from Des Moines, 177 from Omaha. 
140 from Davenport and 323 from Chicago. Newton is rapidly growing 
in wealth and population; new business enterprises are being estab- 
lished, new- residences are being built, new people are coming to locate 
here and grow up with the increased business. Newton always extends 
the glad hand to anyone who desires to locate within its borders and 
when the newcomer has resided here long enough to turn around a few 
times and learn of the many advantages of living in such a city he 
never wants to leave. Newton teels justly proud of her schools, her 
churches, her own electric light plant, her own water works system. 
and above all Newton is proud of her people. Newton has twenty-two 
factories, which employ about 600 people with a monthly pay roll ot 
about .16,000.00. There are several excellent garages here and the town is a good one to make 




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Colfax 

The Carlsbad of America 



Like ancient Rome is Colfax — built upon its seven hills. But unlike Rome, no Nero ever will fiddle as Colfax 
burns, for Colfax owns its own water works and it is one of the most up-to-date systems In the world, furnishing 
ample protection against disaster by fire. 

Another appellation European has this noted Iowa resort gained — it is called the Carlsbad of America. Through- 
out the country has its mineral water brought it fame. 

While in a sense Colfax owes its popularity to the curative properties of its water, as a place for passing one's 
vacation it has few equals, if a sojourn next to nature is desire of the visitor. 

Nominally the town has 4,000 inhabitants. This must not be reckoned its actual size, for thousands upon thou- 
sands of outsiders multiply this population yearly, many times. Last year the resort entertained 25,000 guests 
and never was there a time when its resources were inadequate for taking care of the transients. 

The city is built around a natural amphitheater. Its arrangement of streets is pictureque. Outdoor beauties, 
natural and built by man, combine to make the community a heaven of rest and quiet. With the abundance of 
water on every hand it follows that foliage and bloom are everywhere to be found. 

Trees so abundant as to almost amount to forests cover the hills to the east and south. North of town runs 
a placid stream, which lends an added charm to the landscape. A soft south breeze prevails. The elevation is 
acceptable — SOO feet. The air is clear and bracing. There is plenty of opportunity for fishing and boating, as in 
the case in regard to the various forms of indoor and outdoor recreation. 

._ _ Colfax is twenty-three miles east of Des Moines on the Chicago-Colorado main 

line of the Rock Island Lines. It is on the Colfax Northern, which connects with 
the Great Western, and is on the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway. 

The city has enough large and well equipped hotels and sanitariums. In keeping 
with the grandeur of the hills upon which it is situated are its beautiful drives and 
walks. It has the Chautauqua grounds of the Iowa State Epworth League Assembly, 
conceded to be the finest park of its kind in that section of the west. 

It well may boast of its fine churches. Its schools are of the best. It is lighted 

by modern electric system and has excellent sewerage. There are located in the city. 

Mason Park banks, mercantile houses, a telephone system, three express lines, electric street 




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^!^^S*w 




Skunk River 



car line, and three plants which bottle its famous water, more than 400 
carloads are sent to all parts of thet^nited States annually. 

Colfax has a public library the like uf which cities several times its size 
would be proud to own. The city is the permanent seat of the Iowa 
State Epwortn Leaque Assembly. This institution in addition to its 
beautiful grounds, has an auditorium the second largest in the state. An 
electric line connects the grounds and the city. 

The Chautauqua Assembly at Colfax is now in its fifteenth year. This is 
a considerably longer period than is usual with most of the institutions 
of that character. The reason for its longevity is the gradual building up 
plan which has been the order since the Assembly started. The manage- 
ment has never gone on the plan of "cheapness." None but the best of 
attractions ever have been billed there. This accounts for the Assembly's 
successful past and its rosy future. 

But notwithstanding these advantages, it undoubtedly is a fact that Col- 
fax as a remedial center is Colfax at its best. For the value of Colfax waters is undisputed and indisputable. 

There is an old expression "unstable as water," in which some people place faith, but while, as can be seen, 
the fame of Colfax is founded upon water, just as easily it can be seen that the fame of Colfax is by no means 
unstable. 

Mineral water first was discovered in Colfax in 1875 by persons prospect- 
ing for coal, which since has beenfound in abundance in the hills skirt- 
ing the Chasaqua River. 

The prospector's drill penetrated through successive strata of slate 
until at a depth of 315 feet, when the drill was still apparently piercing 
solid rock, a great gush of water came, which stopped explorations for 
coal in that particular spot. 

Naturally there was disappointment felt at this sudden halting of the 
plans to get rich. One of the prospectors jokingly accepted the situation 
with this philosophy : "Well let's sample what we got, anyhow." With 
that he tasted of the water. 

Being somewhat of a chemist, at the first swallow he preceived that 

the fluid was not ordinary aqua pura. He and his companions continued 

Centrijpolis Hotel to drink of it while they were moving their nuu-hinory and were agree- 



(* n 1^ B 1 n 






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ably surprised at its bracing effect as a tonic. So convinced was the leader that he had made a "find," that ho 
made further investigation. 

He took a sample to the chemical laboratory and hai p. thorough analysis made of it. The test more than bore 
out his sanguine expectations. 

The examination of the mineral waters proved that the search for coal though unsuccessful, had resulted in 
finding, not of Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth, but as close a substitute as obtains outside the realm of fic- 
tion. The report of the chemists on the fluid was proof that it was of much more value than the fuel that had 
been sought. 

There vjas a boom after that in the hunt for water. The work of piercing the earth was continued. At the 
present time there are nineteen artesian wells giving forth their great remedial product and the city has built 
up year by year, its reputation as a health restoring center. 

is a thriving town of 700 inhabitants, situated eighteen ,-., 

miles east of Des Moines on the Rock Island and Inter- 
urban railways. It is a typical prosperous village, with 
well-kept streets and sidewalks. Its many pleasant homes, surrounded by neat 
lawns an;id shade trees of maple, elm and box elder, present a pleasing pic- 
ture to the passer-by. Four churches and an excellent public school bear wit- 
ness to the moral and intellectual ideals of the people. The streets are lighted 
with kerosene gas. South of the town is the State Industrial School for Girls, 
with ample buildings and a pleasant campus. The business men of the town 
are expecting the establishment of a garage. 



Mitchellville 




A lfrkr»i-io '*^ ^ village rr> the Rock Island main line, ten miles east of Des 
/^ICOOllU Moines, and is where the tracks of the main line and the Des 
Moines Valley division diverge. The Des Moines Va-ley division 
goes to Keokuk, by way of Oskaloosa, Ottumwa and Eldon. 



State ludustrial School for (iirls 
Mitchellville 



Des Moines 



Des Moines, the capital of the state and the chief commercial city of cen- 
tral Iowa, is situated at the junction of the Des Moines and Racoon rivers and 
is on the Chicago-Omaha line of the Rock Island railway, and the Chicago-Kan- 
sas City line of the Chicago Great Western railroad. Besides these two main 
lines of road it is the terminus of important branches of the Milwaukee, Wa- 
bash, Burlington, Northwestern and other systems. It is also the center of the 
only extensive system of interurban railways between the Mississippi river and 
the Rockies. In the last five years the city, now with a population of about 

100,000, has been marvelously 
improved and beautified until it 
is now recognized as being one 
of the most attractive and mod- 
ern of all the cities in the 
United States. Many large build- 
ings of artistic design have been 
< erected and this, with a general 

;* teriors in the downtown distric 

hen.sive scheme of lighting the 
electroliers, gives the town a m 
accommodations are ample and 
This city is especially stro 
center of large publishing and 
ting stronger yearly in the field 
jobbing. 

Governmentally, Des Moine 
known everywhere as the Des 
ernment by a commission of fi 
partisan election and at large, 
plan ajjpears to have worked w 
to be getting dollar for dollar 
and results. 




\^1. 




"-** 



.State Capital 



remodeling of interiors and ex- 
t, together with a most compre- 

streets by means of the artistic 
etropolitan aspect. The hotel 

good restaurants are many, 
ng as a retail center and as the 
insurance business. It is get- 

of general manufacturing and 

I 
s is under what has come to be 
Moines Plan. This plan is gov- 
ve members, chosen at a non- 
instead of from wards. The 
ell, and the city believes itself 
in the matter of expenditures 



Looking up Fifth Street. Court Hou.se at lett 



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\1h A\-enue Mrii^^e 



Oarages are legion and the fact that all seem to be doing a lively business 
indicates that this is the automobile center of the middle part of the state. 
There are a number of fine drives through the city, which covers over fifty 
square miles of area. The park system is on a magnificent scale in preparation 
for the needs of a city of half a million people. 

In addition to the trade and farm papers that are published in Des Moines, 
the city has four dailies that compare favorably with publications of like nature 
in cities of twice the size. The Register and Leader is a morning paper with a 
state-wide circulation and has an evening issue called the Tribune. In the 
evening field, strictly, are the Capital, published by Lafayette Young, the famous 
orator and publicist, and Ihe News, of the Scripps-McRae syndicate. The Capi- 
tal is a political power with the conservative or standpat wing of the Republican 

party and is widely read by people of all shades of political opinion oa account of its high quality as a news- 
paper and the entertiiniug nature of its editorial page. The News is more or less gently sensational and has 
screaming headlines three or four times a day. On account of the large street sales of all of these papers, 
Des Moines is the paradise for newsboys, several of whom have amassed fortunes in their lines of business. 

Organized boosting has made Des Moines what it is and the harmony existing in the general effort to 

promote the growth and development of the town is often the cause of 
remark by strangers. Many thousnds of dollars are spent annually in 
advertising Des Moines as the "city of certainties" and such mediums 
as the Saturday Evening Post are freely used for full-page displays. 
The Greater Des Moines Committee is the organization that has this 
remarkable publicity campaign in charge and it is said that results ot 
a substantial nature are already in sight. 

The fapitol building on the east side of the Des Moines river is 
well worth a visit from the tourist, as is also the state library and 
historical building nearby. The Melan arch bridge of concrete at the 
Locust street crossing of the Des Moines river is also noteworthy, as 
is also the new half-million dollar postolfice building, an admirable ex- 
ample of Uncle Sam's new ideas of what government buildings of this 
sort ought to be. The Polk County court house is a magnificent pile and 
the more recently constructed sky-scraping oflice buildings are equal 




Walnut Street at night 



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lo their kmtl in the largest cities so far as construction and equipment are concerned. 

Out ta-and avenue, going west from the business district, by the way, one gets a good impression of one 
of the n^ust beautiful residential streets in the entire TJnited States. Around Des Moines, indeed, is one of 
the niQst picturesque countries in Iowa. The native woods of this section help greatly to give this effect. 



■-VA»>s!ir8'k»#-- 




Locust Streel 111. u^c. LuhsL-iiiii al Lett. .* 



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vi^ 1 a town of 400 inhabitants, is situated f.t the junction of the C, M. & St. P., C, R. I. & P. an.i 

W uUKcC the M. & St. L. railroads, about fifteen miles west of the city of Des Moines on the River to 

River Road, and is located in one of the richest farming communities in the state of Iowa. 

which was formerly quite low and wet, but has recently been thoroughly tiled and is now one of 

the best agricultural communities of which we know. 

Laud values range from $125 to $200 per acre, according to location and improvements. It is a great grain 
and stock center; about 300,000 bushels of grain and 1.^0 cars of stock are shipped from here annually. 

There are a first-class lumber yard, four general stores, an up-to-date restaurant, a three-story brick hotel, 
two banks, a blacksmith shop, a furniture store, two grain elevators, an implement store, a livery barn, a 
1 1 rug store, a wall paper store, a harness shop, a barber shop, a butcher shop, a feed mill, a nursery, a gasoline 
supply station, four churches, three lodges, a ladies' club, a physician, a good school of twelve grades, a good 
ball ground and park with plenty of shade, an excell ent spot for picnics. Here, also, are the offices and head- 
i|uarters of the Ne Plus Ultra Generator Company, who handle the best automobile acetylene gas light on the 
■uarket. . f 

The main streets are all heavily cindered and a number of improvements are being made this year. 

The Automobile Club, together with the township officers, have made arrangements, and are keeping both 
the Lake Road and the River to River Road to and from Waukee, dragged at all times when needed, and in the 
best of condition. 

All is on the C, M. & St. P. R'y, twenty-two miles west of Des Jloines, and has a population of 1,.500. It 
/A.Clcl jj^g ^{jg reputation of being the prettiest town in the state, a name gained from its natural advant- 
ages and its modern improvements. Among the latter are electric lights, water works, sewer system, 
public park, paved business streets, thirty miles of cement walks, beautiful residences, thousands of fine shade 
trees, etc. These, together with the magnificent new court house and the modern depot built by the Milwau- 
kee, give a metropolitan and stylish appearance and the conveniences of the city, while combining the advan- 
tage of suburban life. These conditions have not been brought to exist in a day, nor a year or a dozen years. 




Among the institutions tbat go to make Adel up-to-date, of a more or less 
public nature, are the following: Unsurpassed public schools, with eleven teach- 
rs; four churches, the Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian and Adventist; two im- 
mense brick and tile factories, large flouring mill, bonnet and glove factory. Dr. 
Scott's Sanitarium, printing press factory, cigar factory, elegant modern opera 
house. Besides the above, there is the full complement of professional and mer- 
cantile institutions, shops, etc., operated by wide-awake business men and women. 
The fraternal and social side is well represented by lodges of the Masons, Odd 
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W. and the Daughters of Rebekah orders, 
the G. A. R.,. the W. R. C, several social and literary clubs, etc. Adel numbers 
among its citizens many Brst-class musicians, a band is maintained and gives 
street concerts during the summer, and in vocal music the town is in the front 
rank. Athletics are given proper attention, lawn tennis, baseball, football, row- 
ing, etc., receiving a place in the program of amusements that entertain the resident and the visitor in a 
manner each enjoys. 

The North Coon river, upon which Adel is located, is a beautiful stream which affords facilities for boating, 
bathing, and fishing that are among the best in the state. Several nice boats and launches are on tne water and 
more will follow, as Riverside Park is improved. This park, the property of the town, is an ideal place for re- 
creation. 



At Adel 



"p ^n 1 J dates its settlement from about 1853 and is, therefore, one of the oldest towns in the county. 
rvCCinClU n -^g^^ named after Col. .fames Redfleld. With this town are associated the names of many of 
the oldest settlers of the county, and here the Dallas-Guthrie Old Settlers' Association holds Its 
annual picnics. The town is built at the junction of the South and Middle Raccoon rivers. It .s nine miles 
west of Adel on the C, M. & St. F. railroad. The town site is one of more than ordinary beauty. For several 
years past it has probably done more in substantial improvement, in proportion to its size, than any other 
town in the county. 



Dale City 



is a beautiful town eight and nine-tenths miles west of Redfield. 



IVf nnfPlfh '* ^^^ ^^'^ ^ ^^"^ miles west of Dale City ,'>nd is the market place for a most prosperous and 
iVXUlllCllll progressive community. 



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Guthrie Center 



Home of W. B. Moore, near 
Dale where old stage tavern 
used to stand 



The pioneers of Iowa parted company with the railroad at Chicago, and plodded 
their way in prairie schooners across trackless prairies, following the line of least 
resistance, making first settlements by the wayside, and it is interesting to note 
that the tide of emigration, tne great western trail of civilization, closely followed 
the present River to River Road across Cuthrie county and through Guthrie Center. 
The site of the very flrst cabin built in G uthrie county is to be seen on the River 
to River Road, and is marked by an appropriate signboard. The overland stage 
route from Des Moines to Council Bluffs likewise followed Nature's highway for 
many miles through Guthrie county, closely coinciding with the present-day River to River Road, and one of 
the old stage barns, with its dim and battered signboard, still adorns the wayside, a grim reminder of bygone 
days. It has been said that the finger of Divine Love traced this natural highway through our rolling prairies 
and gently sloping valleys, and today a thorough organization of wide-awake farmers in Guthrie county is tak- 
ing advantage of what Nature has done for them, and 
aspire to make this section of the River to River Road 
the best and most attractive piece of dirt highway 
in the entire state. .jS^ 

• „•■.<.. ■«■ The county of Guthrie stands among the foremost 

'■ . -J ■ ' in general agriculture and stock raising re- 

sources, fully meeting all expectations in those 
•-• - lines; but, what is more important to the 

jji casual traveler, is the scenic beauty which 

meets the eye at every turn of the road. 

A literary man who recently passed through 
Guthrie Center, traversing the River to River 
Road, paid tribute as follows: 

'"The road follows naturally along 
easy grades, and in point of upkeep 
rivals a race track, and it leads through 
a country of surjiassing interest. No- 
where within the limits of the great 
state of Iowa is the countj' of Guthrie 







Crab Apple Tree in Guthrie 
Center 




CJld stage station built 
of native lumber in 1854 



J. \V. Foster and party 



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surpassed for its bea\itifiil scenery, its nilla and dales, its rolling prairies and emerald seas beneath the siininier 

skies, interspersed by hills, and natural groves, and meandering streams, like bright ribbons of silver, rolling 

their pellucid waters in banks of riches* hues." 

Amid these beautiful scenes, in the South 'Coon Valley, is Guthrie Center, 

county seat and county metropolis of Guthrie county, drawing trade from a rich 

and vast farming territory. Its business men are alive to the demands of the 

times, carrying splendid otocks of goods in all lines. It has water works, an 

electric light plant, two splendid 
parks, good hotels, creamery, 

...^ _„ ^ flouring mills, fire company, a 

military band of more than state- 
wide reputation, and no end of 
churches and civic societies. It 
is adorned with beautiful, tree- 
embowered homes, and is graced 
by buildings that would do credit 
to a much larger place. It has a 
live Commercial Club and an 
Automobile Association affiliated 

with the state and national associations, which in membership is 
ranked by only two other automobile associations in Iowa. There 
three garages, one of them just completed, being fire proof with 

chine in connection, adjoining electric light plant. 





A typical farm aloiiR river to river ro; 
Guthrie County 



■d in 



Farmers autos 
from a single 
neighborhood on i\!ain St.. Liutlirie Center 



out- 
are 
ma- 



North Branch 



is a town eleven and four-tenths miles east of Exira and is interesting to the tourist 
on account of the pastoral beauty of the scene. 



Pvirn '® ^ ^"^ °^ 1.000 inhabitants and lies on 
Jj/Xlltl p^^f of Audubon county. It is surrounded 
business men mostly got their start on the 
prosperous creameries in Iowa. Exira is situated in 
are known to all that part of the state. The town has 
it gives Saturday evening outdoor concerts during the 
and the town has not missed having a Fourth of July 
the merchants and buyers to pay the highest price for 
\ icinity to make Exira their market town. 



the east bank of the Nishnabotna river in the southern 
by farms in a high state of cultivation. Its people and 
farm. Within a radius of ten miles are five of the most 

a natural forest and the shady streets and pleasant park 
supported a fine concert band for thirty-five years, and 
summer months. Also its baseball nine is a famous one 

celebration for the last forty-three years. The practice of 
produce and live stock has educated the farmers of the 



Oakfield 



is the first town west of Exira and is a thriving burg and, like enearly all the towns of this 
part of the state, remarkable for its beauty and prosperous air. 



T ^.-riVi 's f''is' '^f Atlantic and is well worth a visit by the tourist, on account of the affability of the people 
*-'^' "" of the town, which is a market place of importance. 



Atlantic 



is the county seat of Cass county, a beautiful city of 6,000 people in the heart of the besl 
farming section in the country. It is situated on the main line of the Rock Island, eighty-two 
miles west of Des IVIoines and sixty miles east of Council Bluffs, and is the .iunction point for 
two branches of the Rock Island, one north to Audubon and the other south to Griswold. The other railroad 
( or.nections are afforded in the Atlantic Northern and Southern, which runs to Kimballton and Elkhorn, a rail- 
road built by popular subscription. , 
Atlantic has more automobiles in the town and county tuan any other of its size in the country. Three 
garages operate here and do a thriving business. The people are happy, prosperous and contented. The town 
is an ideal place in which to live and one of the most delightful points on the River to River Road. 



IVlarnC is on the C, R. I. & P. R'y., seven miles west of Atlantic. It has a population of about 500. 



A -wTf^f^ri Pottawattamie county is a long one, east and west, and for tliat reason it is convenient for the 
•'^ ''^*-'*^'* people to have two county seats. One of these is Avoca. This town of 2,000 people is situated thir- 
ty-eight miles east of Council Bluffs on the main line of the Rock Island railroad. It has a fine 
garage, 4Sx90 in dimensions, and a first-class hotel. There are three strong banks. Under the direction of the 
city council and the township trustee, the public highways leading to and from Avoca are kept in the best of 
condition for automobiles. Ooaitesy and good cheer are elements in the 
welcome the tourist receives at Avoca. A public band concert is held 
every Wednesday evening and the traveler is indeed fortunate if ne is 
in Avoca on those occasions. LMIHnHH^HBlife^ 

Twenty-five miles northeast from Council Bhiffs, on the ^^^ 

main line of the Rock Island and Great Western rail- I /^^^^^I^SIBlBBPfc'''.' 
roads, is the town of Minden, 500 population, staunch 
business point, in a township settled largely by Germans and display- 
ing effects of the energy, thrift and intelligence of the farmers of that 
nation. There is abundant shade in the town, concrete walks, a fine 
park with a band stand from which, now and then, the Minden Cornet 
Band entertains the public. The Glidden tourists remember Minden 
with pleasure. 



Minden 




Neola 



The square at Minden 




liirtls-eye view of Neola 



Is on the main lines of the Rock Island and Milwaukee 
railroads, about twenty miles east of Council Bluffs. 
It has a populalian of 1,100 souls. The town is lighted 
with electricity and has its own water works. Neola 
is noted for its volunteer fire department, which holds 
the world's record for fast work. The school buildings 
are ample and modern and have an attendant e of 
about 400. Two cement factories are among the local 
industries and there are a number of buildings of ce- 
ment construction, and sidewalks of cement in all 
parts of the town. There is a good garage th:U does 
all sorts of repairing and rents machines. Th'rteen 
autos are owned and used in the town. 



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r InHprwonH '^ ^ small town between Council Bluffs and Neola and, like all the villages of this part 
^^ IIUCI WLUJU Qf (ijg state, is clean and progressive. 



Weston 



is practically a suburb of Council Bluffs, which lies to the west of the village. 



r^r»iinr»il Rliiffs '*' ""^ °''^ ^^^^ ^'"^ ^^® ^^ °"® time the transfer point for all travel to and from the 
^^^^''^'' JJlUlla West. It has enormous railroad yards in its limits. These yards lie chiefly between 
the city proper and Omaha, across the river. Council Bluffs is beautiful in its resi- 
dence part, up among the hills. A magnificent view of all the surrounding country in the two states may be 
obtained from the heights in Fairmount park. The iiopulatiou of Council Bluffs is about 30.000. This city is 
the weslern terminus of the River to River Road. Here the great Missouri river separates Iowa from Nebraska. 

This beautiful city, nestled in the hills that overlook the broad bottom of the Missouri river, has long been 
one of the principal trading points in the West and shows no decline in its strength in this respect. In fact, it 
is a distributing center of first rank in many lines of trade, made so by its unparalleled shipping and trackage 
facilities, since all of the railroad systems of the East and West meet here, and transfer is easy and speedy. 
Council Bluffs holds the Iowa trade as against Omaha, its Nebraska neighbor across the river. Perhaps as many 
autos are to be seen in Council Bluffs as in any city of its size in the country. There are many machines 
owned locally and there is a constant stream of tourists starting over the River to River Road or arriving 
after having traver.?ed that marvelously excellent highway. 

Mr. H. k. SearJe, of Council Bluffs, is one of the loading movers for good roads in the state and his in- 
fluence and energy have been potent for the making of the River to River Road. 



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Davenport, Muscatine, West Liberty 



Blue Grass is pleasantly located on the Muscatine branch of the River to River Road in the south part of 
the township of the fame name. It is surrounded by ii fine farming country and is but a short distance from 
a number of coal mines. , 



Muscatine 



Muscatine, with a population of about 20,000, is one of the leading Cities of Iowa. It is situated about 
twenty-eight miles southwest of Davenport on the Chicago-Kansas City lines of the Rock Island ai!d Chicago 
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads. The town is one of the principal manufacturing points in the West and the 
chief seat of the button making industry. On account of the fact that the process of making buttoi s from clam 
shells, from the cutting of the shells to the sewing of the finished product on cards, requires the ue of many 
hands, employment is furnished to all who apply, and prosperity is, therefore, very generally diffused. The 
booster spirit is strong and there is no question that the city's future is to be very bright. It is said that Mus- 
catine has more telephones for its population than any other city in the world. The tourist will find everything 
he can desire in the way of garage accommodations and supplies in this city, and in its surroundings will dis- 
cover one of the most picturesque scenes of river and 
vvooded hills anywhere in the West. Near Muscatine are 
^ the principal gardens of the Heinz company, the mak- 

j^t^ A ers of so many varieties of pickles and preserves. The 

^^^BBi^a^^Lj^H soil hereabouts is peculiarly adapted to the successful 
H|^B^^B||^^H culture of vegetables and small fruits and the region 
^■■^^^^^^^^^^H is famous all over the country for its melons. While 
^I^^I^I^H^H it is off the River to River Road, a branch runs from 

West Liberty to Muscatine and from Muscatine to 
Weeds Park. Muscatine Davenport. 

The credit for the making of a branch of the River to River Road to Muscatine, by means of a detour 
leaving the direct route at Davenport and West Liberty, is very largely due to two Muscatine ?entlemen who 
are leading advocates of good roads and auto enthusiasts: Mr. J. L. Geisler and Dr. F. H. Little. 

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Launching parly on the Missis>ippi 



GENERAL MAP OF 
River to River Road 





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HOUSE - 
SCHOOL 
CHURCH 
WINDMILL- 
TROLLEY - 
RAILROAD 



LEGEND 



RIVER TO RIVER ROAD SIGN 
CONNECTING POINTS ON PLATS 



WOODEN BRIDGE 


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STEEL BRIDGE --. 


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CONCRETE BRIDCE-- 


W 


CULVERT 





CEMETERY 


El 


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Index to Towns 



Adel . 103 

Altoona 91 

Atalissa 51 

Atlantic 118 

Avoca 123 

Blue Grass 133 

Brooklyn 69 

Carnforth 6S 

Colfax 85 

Council Bluffs 129 

Dale City 107 

Davenport 43 

lies Moines 95 

Durant 48 

Kxira 113 

Grinnell 74 

Guthrie Center 109 

Hon'estfad 60 

Iowa City 57 

Kellogs 77 

Ladora 67 

Lorah 116 

Marengo 65 

Marne 119 

Alelpine 134 

Minden 125 



Mitchellville 89 

Monteith 108 

Moscow 49 

-Aluscatine 137 

Neola 126 

Xewton 79 

North Branch Ill 

Oakfield 115 

Crtonville 102 

Oxford 59 

Pleasant Prairie 134 

Redfield 106 

liock Island Arsenal 41 

South Amana 61 

Stockton 47 

Sweetland Center 134 

Tiffin 58 

Underwood 127 

Victor 67 

Waleott 46 

Walnut 121 

Waukee 101, 

West Liberty 53 

Weston 128 

Wilton 48 



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Telephone 509. Res 509-Y 



Automobile Sundries 



J. A. Zeman Auto Co. 

Agents for the 

MITCHELL AUTOMOBILE 



Haslcrn Iowa Distributors for the 310-314 Main Street 

GREAT MITCHELL GAR DAVENPORT. IOWA 



STAR AUTO COMPANY 

New and Second Hand 
AUTOMOBILES 

Don't Buy Until You See Us, and We Will 

Make You Prices That Talk, 

REPAIRING A SPECIATY 



List Your Old Second Hand Machine With Us. 
525 West 2iid S<. Davenport. Iowa 



A. KLEMME, 

PR ES- 



OTTO E. EKARDT, 

SCOT. 



A. WOLF. 

TREAS. 



KLEMME AUTO CO. 

AGENTS E. M. F. '30'', FLANDERS "20" 
AND OLDSMOBILES 



AUTOMOBILES 
REPAIRS. STORAGE, SUPPLIES, AND LIVERY 



OLD PHONE 3875 

106-114LBRADY ST. 



DAVENPORT, IOWA 



Bell Phone JOHN REIMERS. 

361 Mgr. Auto Depl. 

JULIUS SANDt-R 

Agent for Kissel Kars 

111 JMi.tt. liiutiiii, JIusratiiif. c,,ltir 
auil Louisa l."ooiities. lowu; 1{<.< k 
Island and Henry Countiva. Ilhuois 

218-20-22 Ripley SI. • Davenport, la. 



1 ■ A K K 1 A < ; E .•; 
and .\fcfSSi>rif s 



Al Ti'.Mt'I:n.ES 
and ."Supplies 



MASON'S CARRIAGE WORKS 

Peerless Chalmers Hudson 

Rauoh <!(: Lange Electrics 

Baker Electrics 



Davenport 



Io\ 



INTER-STATE AUTO CO. 

.-VKcnts for 

IXTKK-STATEand (JAKLAXD 

C.\RS, also STERKBERGS 

CO.M.MERCIAL TRUCKS 



307-309 MYRTLE ST. 

DAVENPORT - - ■ IOWA 



Taxicab AUTO LIVE Y Open Dav 

Rales and Night 

Brandenburg Auto Co. 

JACKSON and REG 
AUTOMOBILES 

Both Phone.s. Day s'J?. Night 239 
GaraKr- liiii 114 Brady St. Cor. 2ud St. 

Davenport :-: low^a 



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Iowa Auto and' lire 
Company 

Agents for 

Pierce Arrow 

and Cadillac 

Up-to-date Repair Shop 
and Tire Repair Plant 


Buck Auto Company 


PACKARD CARS 

Jobbers in Supplies 


Everything for the Tourist 
at Lowest Prices. 

Cor. 4th and Ripley Sts. Davenport, la. 


P. C. PETERSEN 
AUTO CO. 

AUTOMOBILES AND SUPPLIES 
GARAGE, 510-12-14 MAIN STREET 

TELEPHONE 944 DAVENPORT, IO\A A 


(iarafe Room fur Sixty Cars 


phoie" w""" ■'"■ IDavenport, Iowa 



ROCK ISLAND ARSE.NAL 





A. Ft. Armstrong 
Avenue 



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DAVENPORT 



GARAGES — Buck Auto Co., 4th St. and Ripley: Interstate 
Auto Co., Myrtle St. bet. 3cl and 4th; Iowa Auto Co., 
Main St., bet. 4th and oth; Klemme Auto Co.. Brady 
St.. bet. 2d and Front; Mason Auto Co., cor. 4th and 
Perry; Peterson's Auto Co., Main St., bet. 5th and 
6th; Star Auto Co., 2d St. bet. Western Ave. and Scott 
St.; Z. .\. Zeman, Man .St., bet. 3d and 4th. 

HOTELS — Davenport Hotel, cor. 4th and Main; Kimball 
Hotel, cor. 4th and Perry; St. James Hotel, cor. Main 
ard Front. 

BKLL, TELEI'HOM'". — Teleplione Bldg.. 6th and Main. 



« EST TO COUXCII, nLllFFS. 

.Main and 4th streets. Go north passing" under ele- 
vated R. K. tracks at 5th St., passing around Soldier's 
Monument. (High School on left) to trolley on Locust St., 
(School left hand corner) turn left, trolley leaves one 
block beyond; pass St. -Ambrose Seminary (trolley 
comes in from left at Gaines St. and leaves to the right 
on Marquette St.). Continue straight ahead on Locust St. 
to 5 corners — Farmer's Hotel on left hand corner, cross 
trolley and hear right on middle road. 



E-\TERI>G DAVEXPORT KltO'lI WEST. 

Farmer's Hotel — 5 corners — cross trolley and bear left 
on Locust St. Straight ahead on Locust St. (trolley 
comes in at left on Marquette St. and leaves on right at 
Gaines St.), pass St. Ambrose Seminary on left, picking 
up trolley again on Harrison St.; follow one block and 
turn right at School on right; now on Main St., straiglu 
ahead passing around Soldiers' Monument to center of 
city. 

SOITHAVEST TO MUSC-VTIXE. 

Go west on Third St. turning left with trolley one long 
liluck after R. R. crossing; continue with trolley, crossing- 
double track, trolley and R. R. to end of line. Pass Cre- 
matorium and graveyard on right turning right at first 
road beyond 

B\TERI\G D.VVENPORT FROM SOI THM EST. 

Pass graveyard and Crematorium on left picking up 
single track trolley just beyond, cross R. R. and douI)lf 
track trolleys; continue straight ahead turning left witli 
trolley, sharp left and right turn just ahead to trolley on 
Tliird St., turn riglit and continue to center of city. 



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DAVENPORT 

Jr.4 II. Northwest 
from 5 corners at 
Farmer's Hotel to 
Depot at DITRAXT. 

Ill M. West to BLUE 
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GEO. MATERN 

Cigars and Tobacco 

mi w. 3d St. 

Phone 1090X Davenport, la. 


E. M. WHITE 

Bookseller 

406 Brady St. 

Davenport, Iowa 

Sells All Road Maps 


Complete Line of Periodicals 
Subscriptions Taken 

I. ^ I. NEWS STAND 

A. R. BAWDEN 

217 Brady SI. Phone 878 

DAVENPORT - IOWA 


THOS. THOMPSON 

Wholesale and Retail 

Wall Paper, Books, Slalionery 
Blank Books, Art Novellies 

Davenport, la. 


Souvenir Post Card 

Station, Peter Hansen, Prop 


THE ST. JAMES 

DAVENPORT, IOWA 

American Plan, 150 Rooms, Hoi 

and Cold Water, $2.00 and 

$2.50 Per Day 

E. C. WHITAKER, Prop. 


H. J. BOLL 

CONFECTIONS : CIGARS 
NEWS AND STATIONERY 


Hickey Bros. 

Wholesale and Retail Ci- 
gars and Tobacco, News- 
papers and Periodicals 

Davenport - Iowa 


Manufacturers & Importers 


428 W. 3d SI. . Old Phone 932 
DAVENPORT. IOWA 


1114 W. 3d SI. : DAVENPORT, lA. 


EUROPEAN J. F. GORMAN 
FINEST SAMPLE ROOMS W, H. HARRISON 
IN THE WEST PROPRIETORS 

The Davenport 

NEW AND ABSOLUTELY pi x .. r 

FIRE PROOF Davenport, Iowa 


EUROPEAN PLAN HOTEL BEAUTIFUL 

New Hotel Kimball 

Hotel Downing, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Under Same Management 

JISO.OOO in Improvements Alone. 
The Finest Furnished Hotel in 
the West, Costing §50,000 to 
Furnish. Fifty Bath Rooms 

^N^ro'N^^I^Tlo^N"*"'""" Davenport, Iowa 



The roatl continuing' nortliwest 
at River to River sign at top of 
map leads to Maysville, Dixon 
and New Liberty. The River to 
River road leading west from 
tills point is known to old set- 
tlers at the Fulton Road: north- 
west to Maysville and southeast 
to Davenport as the Hickory 
Grove Road. 




Tourists going- west wishing to 
stop at Walcott can save mile- 
age by turning left at Probstei 
Hotel (4.4 M. from Farmer's Ho- 
tel), pass school houses (on 
right 5.6 M. and 7.8 M.), cross 
R. R. (8.1) to southeastern edge 
of Walcott. 




"A" Road north leads to Plain 
View and Dixon. Road south 
into Walcott. 

Tourists stopping at Walcott 
and going to Davenport can turn 
east at southern edge of town 
driving due east, cross R. R., 
pass school houses, to end of 
road. Now on River to River 
Road at Probstei Hotel, page 45. 

nRLL. TELEPHOXE — Davenport 
& Tipton Tel Co., Bryant & 
Henry. 



BLANK BROS. 

AUTO GARAGE 
REPAIRING AND SUPPLIES 

WALCOTT, IOWA 



46 




"A" Road here leads into 
Stockton. The one on western 
edge of town due south to Pleas- 
ant Prairie (page 134) on Mus- 
catine Branch of River to River 
Road leading- east to Davenport 
and southwest to Muscatine. 

UISLL TELEPHONE — Davenport 
<& Tipton Telephone Co., Depot 
St. 



47 



WILTON JCT. 

4 M. Southwest to Moscow, 7 M. 

East to Durant. 
HOTEL — Commercial, rate $2.00; 

three restaurants. 
G.VR.VGE — John Wacker. 
GASOLINE — At garage. 
nELL TELEPHOXE — Wilton Tel. 



DURANT 



7 JI. West to Wilton Jet., 17.4 M. 
East to Davenport. 

HOTEL — American, rate J1.25; 
Durant, rate .$1.50. 



CJAR.VGE — Bierkamp, Shiele. 

G.\SOLI\E — Both garages, Du- 
rant Drug Store. 

nELL TELEPHOXE — Davenport 
& Tipton Tel. Co., Depot St. 




DANGER. Care on winding road west of river. Use horn freely. 



WILTON" 





MOSCOW 

SJ M. West to Atalissa, 4 M. 

Northeast to Wilton. 
HOTEI.— Teufel, rate $1.40; Chas. 

Winkler, rate $1.50. 
REP.VIRS— J. E. Parker. 
G.V.SOLIXE— J. E. Parker. 
HELL TRLEPHO:VE — M o s c o w 

Mut. Tel. Co., ^^■ashing■ton St. 



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HISE HOUSE 

E. H. HISE, PROP. 



WEST LIBERTY, IOWA 



DItmars, Kerr and Company's 

Garage 




The best first class repair 
shop between Cedar 
Kapids and Iowa City. 
Three skilled mechanics. 
Storage, oil and gasoline. 
Fire proof building. : : 



West Liberty, la. 



H OK OB ROLL BA>K 

I. A. NICHOLS. Pree. 
C. .M. NumOLS. V. Pres. 
WAl.rKK LIOHT. Cash. 

I. li, W. NIlLAXn. Asst. Cash. 

IOWA STATE 

HANK & TRUST 

COMPANY 

ORGANIZED 1897 

CAPITAL $40,000.00 
SURPLUS $40,000 00 

West Liberty, Iowa 



You don't know how good a lunch oul<oE<doors can be, 
until you have eaten one kept cool and fresh in a 



Auto Styles 

$10 and S 15 

Delivered 

East of 

the Rockies 



llaiuKeye gasket 




BURLINGTON BASKET CO., 23 Main St.. Burlington. Iowa 



A Leilh. Pres. D. <;. Acncw. V.P. W. li. Harris, Cash. 

UNION SAVINGS BANK 

Capital $40,000.00 :: Su plus $30,000.00 
COLLECTIONS 4 SPE( lALT) 



WILTON JUNCTION 



IOWA 



i.tCII..!. NinciLAnS. Pr»s.. GKO. BAN'NKK. V. I'rt-s 
WAt. I.ASG. Cash.. FKKD A. M ATRER Asst. Casli. 

THE WILTON SAVINGS BANK 

CAPITAL and SURPLUS $4(1,000 



Wilton Junction, 



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6 il. West to West Liberty. 5.1 
M. East to Moscow. 

HOTEL. — Not operating. Board 
and room can be had at pri- 
vate house, Mrs. Mary Davis. 



GAR.VGE — None. Repairing 
blaclisniith, Tlieo. Schwob. 



by 



-Wilson Lumber 



GASOLINE- 

Fuel Co. 

BELL TELEPHONE — Atalissa 
Telephone Co., Main St. 



51 




DANGER. Railroad bed on cross- 
ing west of West Liberty is in 
deep cut. Trains approaching 
from nortliwest cannot be 
seen. 



WEST LIBERTY 

16.7 M. Northwest to Iowa City, 
6 M. East to Atallssa. 

HOTEL — Hise House, rate $2.00, 
American. Two restaurants. 

GARAGE— Ditmars, Kerr & Co, 

G.\SOLliVE — Tlie garage lias a 
250-gal. tank. 

BELL TELEPHONE — West Lib- 
erty Telephone Co., Calhoun 
St. 



For route to Muscatine see page 
135 and turn leaves to front of 
book. 




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On vour wav thro' 
IOWA CITY you'll 
want to select a few 

Souvenirs 
Post Cards 
Maps, Etc 

The BEST Assort- 
ment can be had at 

John T. Ries 

Bookseller and Staliotier 
26 Clinton Street 



BURKLEY 
IMPERIAL HOTEL 



IOWA 
CITY 



American and Euro= 
pean Plans 



J. A. O'LEARY 

AUTOMO BILES 
AND SUPPLIES 



Expert Mechanicians 

Trust Us With Your Repairs 



IOWA CITY 



IOWa 



H. A. Knease 4 Sons 



DTALERS IN 



Rambler 



AUBURN 
AUTOMOBILES 



IOWA CIT"Y 



IOWA 



EUCLID SANDERS, PRESIDENT 
WM. MUSSER, VICE PRESIDENT 



P. A. KORAB. CASHIER 

J. C. SWITZER, ASS T CASHIER 



Iowa Citv State Bank 



CAPITAL 



S65.00(».00 



II. S. DEPOSITORY 



DIltKCTORS 

EUCLID SANDERS WM. MUSSER 

P. A. KORAB DR. E. F. CLAPP 

W D. CANNON, JR- JOSEPH SLEZAK 

J.W.RICH S.W.MERCER W.I.PRATT 



Overland 
and Oakland 
Agency 

Repairs and 
Supplies 

CARSON 6 
THATCHE-R 



IOWA CITY 



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8 XI. Xorthwest to Tiffin. 16.7 M. 
Southeast to West Liberty. 

HdTELS— Globe Hotel, cor. S 
Clinton St. & Washington St.; 
Burkley Imperial Hotel. Wash- 
ington St. bet. S. Madison St. & 



Clinton St.; St. James Hotel. 
Cor. Iowa Ave. & S. Clinton St. 
GAR.VGE.S — Carson & Thatcher. 
S. Clinton St. bet. Burlington 
St. & E. College St.; Knease 
Garage, Washington St. bet. S. 
Clinton St. & S. Madison St. ■ 
O'Leary Bros. Garage, cor Bur- 
lington St. & Dubuque St. 

^^h^ , .TELEPHONE— 210 East 

\\ ashington St. 




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TIFFIN 



5.5 M. West to Oxford, 8 il. South- 
east to Iowa City. 

IIOTI'-.I. — Tilfln. rate $1.00. 

(;\IJ\<;ks — .\usuKt Amifh, Hen- 
ry Brant. 



GASOI-IXE — .Vt garages; Sum- 
merhayes & Slade, general 
store; Windon & Shay, general 
store. 

niSLL, TELEPHONE — Clear Creek 
Mutual Tel. Co., Main St. 



OXFORD 



7 M. Northwest to Homestead. 
5.5 M. East to Tiffln. 

HOTEL — Commercial, rate $2.00; 
two restaurants. 

GARAGE — J. I. Elliott. 

G.VSOLINE — .\t garage or Pio- 
neer Drug' Store. 

BELIj TELEPHOXE — Oxford In- 
dependent Tel. Co., Main St. 




CAITIOV.. Very sharp turn. 
"I'lONTlON.. The windin.a" road 
through O.xford is the Official 
River to River Road, but is the 
worst stretch of road along the 
entire route. In places so 
sandy as to make it almost im- 
passable. Tourist not intend- 
ing to visit Oxford are advised 
to take a road marked B on 
map. 




A. H. Very heavy .sand. 

HOMESTEAD 

5 M. West to South Amana, 7 M. 

East to Oxford. 
HOTEL — Homestead, rate $2.00. 
GARAGE — None. Repairs by 

blacksmith, Wm. Ehrle. 
G.VSOHNE — Tinshop, Teter Fels. 
BELL TELEPIIOXK — Genl. stbre, 

Front St. 



60 



SOUTH AMANA 



Amana Society, 



5.5 M. Northwest to Marengo, 5 

M. East to Homestead. 
HOTEL — Two, 

rate .$2.00. 
G.\R,\GE — None. Repairs by 

blaclismitli, Hugo Leiclisen- 

ring-. 

G.VSOLINE — At general store, al- 
so at blacksmitli, 60-gal. tank. 




School 




Jy^^^^^r^^ 



v. Corner o£ Court Ave. & Mil- 
ler St. leading- into Marengo. 
B. CAI'TIOX. Sharp turn in 
road. Care should be taken 
not to confuse the River to 
River Road which runs east 
and northwest with the road 
which leads southwest. The 
road here winds througli tim- 
ber. Use horn freely. 



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J. A. Wicke, who pilot- 
ed the Moline through a 
Perfect Road Score in 
the 1909 Glidden tour, 
won the Ft. Worth "Star- 
Telegram" Fndurance 
Trophy, defeating many 
cars of much higher price. 

Rtttresentative of ihe 

Moline Automobile Co. 

Marengo : : Iowa 



HENRY CODE 

DRY GOODS 

COMPANY 



RETAIL DRY GOODS 



MARENGO IOWA 



BEEMS GROCERY 

PHONE 53 



Marengo 



Iowa 



W. H. HIBBS 

Clothing and Gents 



Furnishing Goods 

Marengo Iowa 



W 



HAT you demand of an automobile tire- 



safety, resiliency, durability, — is just what every 
other motorist demands. 

If you don't care to go to the expense of experimenting, the best way to get what 
you want is to bu\ tires that have a known record for making good. If you investigate, 
you'll find that the "record tires" are — 

GOODRICH TIRES 



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First National Bank 



MARENGO, lA. 

Established • IS67 




The Only National Bank 
in Iowa County 

Capital and Surplus 
$80,000.00 

FRANK COOK . • ■ President 
THOS. STAPLETON . Vice Pres. 
S. E. ROWLAND . ■ Cashier 



Germ an • A me rican 

Savings Bank 

of Marengo - Iowa 



Collections Promptly Attended To 



D. H. McKee. Pres. J. C. Engelberf. V. P. 
Chas. Ludwig, Cash. C. D. Denzler, A. C. 



laii 



(111 




Capital, Surplus and Profits 



$33,000.00 



W. p. BRAUGH 

Ford and Be Tamhle 

AUTOMOBILES 

REPAIRS and SUPPLIES 
N. W. Corner Park MARENGO, IOWA 



The People's Sav- 
ings Bank, Marengo, la. 



The policy of this bank is to 
cultivate ht-lpful busncss rela- 
tions and fo render at all times 
the services nhich ih^ public 
demand and which our equip- 
ment instires. 

I he Officers stand ready to 
(ji\e any infornialion tourists 
may desire, and will endeavor 
to make it possible fur out of 
town paties to enjoy the stop 
here. First door north of court 
house. 



Fred Haas 



DEALER IN 



Puri Drugs, Medi= 

cines, Oils, Paints 

Varnishes, Wall 

Paper. Toilet 

Articles 



MARENGO, IOWA 



MARENGO 



8 M. Southwest to Ladora, 5.5 M. 

Southeast to South Amana. 
HOTI3L — Doose, rate ?2.00: Hol- 

den, rate $1.00; Clifton, rate 

$1.50: two restaurants. 
GAR.VGE— W i c k e's Garage, 

Brauch Garage. 
<;aS0LI.VE — At garages. 
IIKI.I, TKLEPHOXE — Marengo 

Tel. Co., Commercial Ave. 




Corner of Miller St. and Court 
Ave. Cars lieaded north to cen- 
ter of city. 



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FINE CIGARS 
ICE CREAM 
SODAS 

The 
Rexall Store 

E. H. GWINN, Prop. 


Farmer's Savings 
Bank 

$25,000 CAPITAL 
$30,000 SURPLUS 

VICTOR . IOWA 


Hotel Victor, victor, u 


H. H. YORK 


Bath Rooms, Sample Rooms. 
Hot and and Cold Water and 
Toilet on Each Floor. Steam 
Heat. City Gas. Large Rooms 
Rates $2 Per Day. Opp Depot 
J. B Litchfield, Prop. 


Au(o Repair Shop, Oil and 
Gasoline, Blacksmith and 
Wagon Maker, Gaso- 
line Engine Re- 
pairing A Spe- 
cialty 

LADORA = IOWA 


WM. CARL 


The Ladora Savings 

Bank ■ Ladora, Iowa 

Capital and Surplus, $50,000 
H. C. GATES • Cashier 


VICTOR, IOWA 


Automobiles and Supplies. 
Telephones. Oils. Gas Engines 
and Gasoline Lighting Sys- 
tems and Separators 

VICTOR IOWa 


EVERYTHING IN 
THE DRUG LINE 


Send your KODAK FILMS and Plates to us for developing and 
finishing, or leave them with us as you pass through Des Moines 

The Io\^a Publishing Company 

4th and Locust Streets Opp. Savery Hotel DES MOINES 



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VICTOR 



9.7 M. West to Brooklyn, 7.1 M. 
Northeast to Ladora. 

HOTEL, — Victor, rate $2.00; two 
restaurants. 

GARAGE — William Carl. 

GASOLINE — At garag-e or Reich- 
art grocery store. 

BELL, TELEPHONE — Victor Tel. 
Co., Main St. 




1 M. Southwest to Victor, 8 M. 
Northeast to Marengo. 

HOTEL — Ladora, rate $2.00; two 

restaurants. 
GAR-VGE — None. Repairs by 

blacksmith, H. H. York. 

GASOLINE — Snavely Bros. Hard- 
ware. 

BELL TELEPHONE — Ladora Tel. 
Co., in residence. 



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CARNFOKTH 

Village No hotel or garages. 



k:,o i:„,r. 



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ORMISTON'S STORE 



S 



nn 

ana 
ana 
nnn 



DCS MOINES 

uana 
nnnn 
nnnn 
nnnn 
nnnn 

SLOANS GARAGE -«?.'!!^ 

^jrr^^Kirsrr's garage 

-Z-rr^^ BROOKLYN 

IB 



FINE TAILOHiNQ 



LATEST STYLES 



C. W. Ormiston & Go 

Clolliiers, Men's Furnishers 

ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE -— 

BROOKLYN - IOWA 



When at Brooklyn Stop at 

SLOAN'S GARAGE 

Expert U'orkmen 
R.epairs Supplies 




wf'ffM* 




IS. 5 .M. West to Grinnell. 9.7 .M. 

Kast to Victor. 
HOTEL, — Brooklyn, rate $2.00, 

American; three restaurants. 



BRdDKLYN 



G.VR.VGK — Sloan's Garage, Kraft 

Garage. 
c;.\soL,l-VE — -At garages 
69 



BELL TELEPHONE — Upstairs 
over Robt. Orr's Implement 
Store. 




A. Car Heading South 



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The next town is Grinnell, the home of 

Grinnell "Rist-Fit" Gloves 

CNo other automobile gloves fit so comfortably at the wrist. The "V" is 
made of soft leather allowing the gloves to be drawn together neatly and snuggly, 
preventing the cufF from sagging. The perforated back permits a free circula- 
tion of air, keeping the hands cool and 
comfortable. Grinnell Gloves are made 
from reindeer and colt skin leather which 
can be washed out in soap and water or 
gasoline without injury. For sale by dealers 
everywhere. Visit the factory as you go 
through. 




Morrison-Ricker Mfg. Co. 

GRINNELL, IOWA 

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Hotel Monroe 

MRS. »I. G. CAFPKON, Prop. 



Rates, $2,25 
With Bath, $2.50 



GRINN^:LL, IOWA 



While in Grinnell make our Hotel your headquarters. 
Every convenience for Tourists. 



S. A. CRAVATH, President 



CEO. H. HAMLIN. CASHIER 



ilrrrhants Nattnual lank 

CAPITAL - - - $100,000 
SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $75,000 



GRINNELL, IOWA 



LARGEST BANK IN COUNTY 
WILL BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU CALL 



il. W. Spaulding. I'res, 
W. F Vogt. Vice Prea. 

H. F, Lanpht-re, Cnshier 

H. \l. Harris. .Assr. Cash. 



(Ettizrus 
Natinnal lank 

Grinnell, lo^'a 



Travelers Cholines for Sale 



■lohii M. <(impl"-M. I'rt-s. 

.1. N. Kraiikfortli. V-Pn-e. 

("liiis. A. Hiiik, Serri'lary 

P A Dnytnii Tri^aiiinr 

(Central Qiaranr (Uu. 

Phone: Interior 209 
8IU-812 4lh Ave. - Grinnell. lo«a 




BLUE PRINTS 



The Iowa Fuhlishing ('o 

lies Moines, Iowa 



SPAULDING MOTOR CARS 

Made by 

Spaulding Mffi- Co. - Grinnell, la. 




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COLL£6E 




GaiNNELLL 



12.3 M. West to Kellogg. 15.5 iU. Ea.^t to Brooklyn. 
HOTEL — Gifford, rate $2.00 to $3.00; Monroe, rate .$2.00 to $:iO0- 
three restaurants. 

G.\R.\GE— Grinnell Garage Co., Central Garage Co. 

G.\S0LIXE — At garages. 

nilLi, TELEPHONE — Spauldlng Block. 



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J. B. BURTON, Pres. 
C. J. IRISH, Cashier. 

R. C. BURTON. ASST. C«sh. 

BURTOiN & CO. 
STATE BANK 

Capital $80,000.00 
KELLOGG -:• IOWA 


— Tourists Headquarters — 

CITY 
DRUGSTORE 

C. W. FORCHE, Prop. 

Cigars. Pipes, Tobacco. Drugs. 

Oils. Stationery. Music. 

Graphophones and Records. 

Official River to River Guides 

KELLOGG, IOWA 


Rales $2. 110 Per Day 


.1 l: 1 K.iVl.X .1 .M liILRE.\TH 

Craven Garage 
Company 

Automobiles 

Repairing 

Assembling 

KELLOGG, IOWA 


HOTEL 
SIMPSON 

F. L. SIMPSON. Prop. 

KELLOGG - - IOWA 


Special Attention to Tourists 


Dont go into the country without an 

Iowa Publishing Company Road Map 

On sale at all stationers and newsdealers 




In county editions at 25 cents 





KELLOGG 




IIOTEl, — S-mp.son, rate $2.00, 
American; Moody, rate $1.00, 
American: two restaurants. 

(; \I8 VGE — Craven Garag 



lA.soLlXR — Craven Garag 
have a 160-iral. tank. 



Co. 



IIELI, TELEPHOXE — Upstairs in 
Banl< Building- on Main St. 



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IF. C. Bergman. Pres. 
R. L. Arnold, Cashier 



H. B. Allfree. Vice Pres- 
C. Sloanaker, I'ice Pres. 



The First National Bank and 
Newton Savings Bank 



Capital and Surplus, 
Total Resources 



$117,S00.00 
$700,000.00 



UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY 



E. J. 


Miles 


& 


Co. 


A U T M B I L 


E S 


Repairing 


: Storage 


: Supplies 



Phone 120 Newton, la. 



THE NEWS STAND 



First Door East of P. O. 



EARL BIGELOW. Prop. 



Stouder Drug 

Company 



Post Cards, Ma$^azines, 
Ne^vspapers, Fine Station- 
ery, Tobaccos, Cigars, Pipes 

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME 

Sobscriptionfl Taken for All 51a^azines and Ne^'spapprs 



Cigars 
Soda 
Toilet 
A r tides 



Rexall Store '' 



E. E. Graber 
& Co. , 

OVEKLANH 
HAYNES 

WHITE 

Ne>vton, Iowa 



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NEWTON 



garage: — E. J. Miles 

& Co., E. B. Graber 
& Co. 
BELL. TELEPHONE 

— Up stairs over 

1. - Hougrh's Grocery 

,^, on Main St. 

»on.ERnas\\ 11.0 JM. West to Colfax. 

8..1 M. East to Kellogg. 
HOTEL,- Churchill, rate 
$2.25. American: five rest- 
„ , , aurants. 




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Tourists wishing: to stop at Hotel Colfax can turn north on west- 
ern edge of Colfax. This road, however, sliould be avoided in 
bad weather. 



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Hotel Colfax and Mineral Spring 



JAMES P. DONAHUE 

PROPRIETOR 



J. A. HADLEY 

MANAGER 



A merican 
Plan 

Open All 
The Year 

Rates 
$3.00 
and Up 
Per Day 




GARAGE 

12 to 15 
Autos 

Gasoline 

Oils 

Tires 

Expert 
Mechanics 



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HOTEL COLFAX AND SURROUNDINGS 



Americans have long believed that it is better in 
all ways, and especially more comfortable and eco- 
nomical, to forestall sickness by timely rest and 
recreation, than to seek restoration after sickness has 
come. Only lately, however, have they been acting 
on that belief in anything- like great numbers. 

That is the why of the Hotel Colfax. 

To meet a demand, as well as to fill a long recog- 
nized need, this hostelry, built like the most exclusive 
hotels in California and conducted as though it were 
a great country mansion, has been placed here among 
the Iowa hills, in the midst of a natural forest of 
surpassing beauty, beside the everflowing M. C. 
Springs, the curative waters of which have for many 
years ranked easily with those long famous Old 
World products daily shipped to all parts of the globe. 

To provide, in every way possible to thought and 
expenditure, for the care and speedy recovery of the 
sick is, indeed, a prime purpose of this hotel; but also, 
and equally, it is the purpose to do all that can be 
done to prevent the well from becoming ill. While all 
the equipment of the best sanatoria is here, the place 
has nothing of the air of a sanatorium. .\s a result, 
the sick does not feel that he is in a hospital and 
the well are never depressed with a sense of being 
surrounded by invalids. Moreover, the drinking of 
the waters is as good for one class as the other and 
the baths are highly beneficial to each. 

Where, pray. Is the Hotel Colfax, if one may be 
permitted to ask? 

Just about an hour's easy run in an automobile 
from tlie heart of the city of Des Moines, which is 
twenty-three miles distant toward the setting sun. 
One may make the trip between the two, also, in 
trains of the Rock Island System, and many of the 
flyers stop at the village. Then there is the inter- 



urban from Des Moines, with cars hourly each way. 
If one arrives in the village by train or by trolley, 
one is conveyed to the hotel, a mile distant and up- 
hill all the way, in the hostelry's own electric cars 
running on tracks laid for that purpose. The hotel 
lias its own electric power house, ice and cold stor- 
age plants, pumping station and laundry and its own 
garage. Its independence in these respects has 
caused it to be very aptly described as a miniature 
city. The garage is capable of housing from a dozen 
to fifteen machines, affords the services of an expert 
mechanician and carries supplies such as tires, gaso- 
line and other oils. 

When the visitor has alighted from the trolley, or 
has arrived by automobile, he finds that he has reached 
the top of what he fancies must be the highest hill 
in Iowa, and which, indeed, is just that. Surrounded 
by the primeval forest the wide-stretching lawns 
about the hotel undulate In every direction and are 
traversed by shaded and bush-embroidered drives and 
walks. The air is pure and one quickly notes its 
quality. There is an atmosphere of restfulness and 
quiet on account of the vast extent of the grounds and 
the great dimensions of the buildings. One may find 
solitude here, if one is in a mood for it, even though 
there are a thousand guests in the park or on the 
piazzas. 

It it is scenery that you love, walk down the Ital- 
ian terrace on the west side of the hotel and look out 
to the north, and west, and east, and bear in mind 
that on this clear day your vision is carrying you 
eighteen miles over river and wood and field. Look 
again to the south, at the masses of verdure in the 
forest, if it chances to be summer, and you will have 
pretty well fixed in your mind just what are the 
settings in which you have found this beautiful hotel 



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of which you have heard so much and which you are 
visiting now for the first time. You are already con- 
vinced, are you not, that you will speedily acquire the 
Hotel Colfax habit and that you will return each year 
to remain as long as circumstances will permit. 

Harmonizing perfectly with these surroundings, set- 
ting them off, and set off admirably by them, is the 
hotel itself, of Moorish design, constructed of concrete 
and steel which make it fireproof. Inside and out a 
color scheme is worked into every detail of wall, fur- 
niture, hangings and shades, as well as of towers and 
miniarets. Unity and completeness of decoration give 
tlie pleasing impression that all has been planned so 
that nothing shall be out of keeping in the slightest 
degree with everything else. This is as true of the 
guest rooms as of the lounging rooms, the billiard 
rooms and parlors and the dining room. 

Leave entirely out of consideration the water of the 
famous springs owned by the hotel, and yet you will 
admit that the attractions of the place are sufficient 
to account for the thousands of guests who annually 
come to the Colfax from all parts of the Middle West. 
Here is a hostelry as splendid as a palace and in as 
good taste in color and other items of decoration as 
could be the studio of the most gifted artist. 

To the comfort and restfulness of tlie hotel with 
its charming surrotindings of wood and lawn, add the 
curative and preventive properties of the waters of 
the M. C. Springs, and you have a combination not 
anywhere excelled and in few places equalled. Many 
years of use under the direction of pliysicians and 
scientists has shown the waters to be of the highest 
value to those who are suffering from or are predis- 
posed to rheumatism of the several kinds, blood trou- 
bles, kidney and liver complaints, catarrh of the stom- 
ach and bowels, obesity and other ailments. 

The baths provided in the equipment of the Colfax 
are not surpassed anywhere. In fact there is every 
l>ath here that is known to modern science and tlie 
finest equipped bath rooms in America are under the 



personal direction of a medical adviser whose services 
are at the disposal of all patrons. 

Overwork, worry, dissipation, nervous weakness and 
excessive smoking have brought many to the Colfax 
for the famous Nauheim bath, which is given here 
with the same results as are obtained at the Nauheim 
mineral springs in Germany. Among the other batlis 
for which the Colfax is equipped and which are daily 
given patients and rest seekers are the Klectric Light, 
Turkish, Russian, Cabinet, Shampoo, Massage, Scotch 
Douch, Sitz, Needle, Showers and Salt Glow. 

Th€ following Mineral Properties make Colfa v 
Walers exceptionally beneficial in many complaints. 

Grains per gal 



MINERAL PROPERTIES 



Amer- 
ican 
gallon 

231 
Cubic 
Inches 



Chloride of Sodium 3.85 

Sodium Sulphate i 78.86 

Potassium Sulphate -- - .41 

MaKiiesian Sulphate - 31.87 

Calcium Sulphate -- - 13.07 

Calcium Carbonate - - 17.51 

Iron Carbonate 67 

Silicia Alumina-- — .29 

Lithia Trace 

Carbon Dioxide 7.18 

TOTAL , 153.71 



.\nalysis by G. HINRICHS. M. D., Professor of Chsmistry. 

Iowa State University. 




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COLFAX 






5.9 M. West to MitehellviUe, 


l.G M. East to 


Newton. 




HOTELS 

Capacity 
Guests Rates per Day 


ilates per 
Week 


Rates per 
Week with 
Treatment 


Hotel Colfax 250 

(American plan) gar- 
age in connection. 


$3.00 to ?6.00 


.$20 up 


Extra 


Grand Hotel 125 

(American plan) gar- 
age in connection. 


2.00 to 2.50 


3 to 18 


.$18 to $.15 


Victoria Sanatorium.. 100 

(American plan) 
Mason House SO 

(American plan) 


2.00 to 2.50 
2.0(1 lo :'..oo 


10 to 15 
Special 


16 to 30 
Special 


Centropolis Hotel ... 50 
(European plan) 


1.00 uj) 


Special 




G.\RAGES — Hadsell's Garage, 
Hotel. 


Dun ton Garage 


. Hotel C 


olfax. Grand 


IIKIX TEI.EPHOIVE— Telephone Building on 


Main St. 






COLFAX 

For ITotels and Garages see foregoing page. 

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REFRESH YOURSELVES 


H. W. WOOD 

JEWELER AND 
OPTICIAN 

Souvenir Spoons ^nd 
Post Cards. Station^ 
ery and Fancy goods 

COLFAX, IOWA 


C. W. CRISMAN. Pres, 
S. B. WHEELOCK. Vice Pres. 
M. B. WHEELOCK. Cash. 
H. LEIGHTON. Ass-tCash. 

The 

Citizen's State Bank 

of Colfax, Iowa 

GENERAL 
BANKING 


The Glidden Tourists lined up at THE COLFAX 
BOTTLING WORKS, Colfav, Iowa, for a Free Drink of 

The Famous Colfax Mineral Water 

We also cordially invite all auto parties passing through 
Colfax. Walnut St. and Rock Island Tracks. 

OPPOSITE THE GARAGE 


JOHN HADSE.LL 6 SON 

PROPRIETORS OF 

The SPRING CITY GARAGE. 

FRONT ST., COLFAX, IOWA 

All Kinds of Auto Repairing, Lawn Mowers 

Sharpened and Renewed, Gas and 

Steam Eegines Repaired 


Centropolis Hotel 

p. W. Lueojen, Prop., Colfax, la 


J. H. DUNTON 

Auto'biles, Repairs 

Accessories 

Etc., Etc. 

AGENT 

Velie and E. M. F. 
Automobiles 

COLFAX IOWA 


tUKU^bA N 

Competent Medical Attend- 
ants furnished when desired. 
I'ure .Mineral Water Baths. 
Rales. $1.00 Per Day and up 


First Nat'l Bank 

COLFAX, IOWA 
P. E. Johannsen, Cashier 



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MASON HOUSE 
^"x*!^ and Colfax Mineral 
Hn Springs, Colfax, la. 



4 M ERIC A N PLAN 

RATF^S* 52.00 per day. 

nnilyO. -With Private 
Bath, S2.50 and 13.00 per day. Mineral Water Baths with Expert 
Attendant. $1 ,00 each, or six for S5.00, We will take pleasure in 
showins rooms and giving weekly rates. 

Comfietent Physician to 
Direct Treatment 



H. A. THOMAS, Prop. 



The GRAND HOTEL and 
MINERAL SPRINGS 

All Kinds of Baths 



Most Centrally Located 
Two Blocks East of Bank 
Corner — Garage in Con- 
nection—The Place for 
.■\11 Tourists. Colfax, la 

Keipp & ^Ijiiii, Props 




mg^^^ 



VICTORIA SANATORIUM and COLFAX 

MINERAL SPRING 




Best Table, Best Rooms 
Best Water, Best Baths 
Best Service of Every 
Kind :::::;: 



CALL AND LOOK US OVER! OR SEND FOR BOOKLET 



FRY'S PURE COLFAX MINERAL WATER 

Always Satisfactory 

FRY'S GINGE.R ALE 

Always the Best. There Are A'o Substitutes 



BOTTLED al the ORIGINAL T\ C FRY /• TO Jnr- 
FRY SPRING By , , ■_ ■ U. \^. I R I Co V/U., IIIC. 



A. W. HALL, Secy, and Treas. 



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I; 



The upper mile is the Official River to River roail. Tourists wish- 
ing to save milage are advised to take the road marlted Good 
Road to Hotel Colfax. 

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MITCHELVILLE 

6.9 M. Southeast to Altoona. 5.9 

M. East to Coltax. 
HOTEL — Cottagre House, $1.00 

per day. American. 
<;,\RAGE — Repairs, J. W. Prlch- 

ard. 
(;asoli.\e — Tanner Bros., .J. W. 

I'richard. H. C. Alvord. 
IIKLL TKL,EI»HOXK— Telephone 

Building" on 2d St. 



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Automobile Insurance 


BU I GK OHIO 

Most Complete Line of Acces- 
sories and supplies in the City. 

RIDDELL AUTOMOBILE CO. 

Des Moines, Iowa :■: 8th and Locust Sts. 
RENTING REPAIRING 


Insurance Company of North America 
Capital $4,000,000 

ALVERSON & MONTROSE 

GENERAL AGENTS FOR IOWA 

IOWA LOAN & TRUST BLDG. DES MOINES, IOWA 


iLaijfniuist (Uarnauc an^ A»tu (£n- 


Standard Automobiles 

Studebaker "Garford 40's" Studebaker Electrics 

Franklin "Air Cooled" 

E-M-F-"30" Flanders "20" 


J^^HE most up-to-date carriage and auto- 
^I/ mobile shop in the middle west. We do 
it all — overhauling, machine work, blacksmith- 
ing, forging, spring and wheel work, wood 
work, painting, trimming, and "auto tops that 
fit." Write or come and see us at 

514-522 W. Second St. Des Moines, Iowa 


Accessories and Supplies 

You Are Invited to Make (lur Garage Your Headquarters. 


Van Vliet-hletcher Automobile (Jo. 

Tenth and Walnut Sts., Des iMoines, Iowa 



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ALTOONA 



11.2 M. Southwest to Des 

Moines Locust St. Bridge. 

8.9 M. Northeast tul^litchell- 

ville. 
HOTEL — Haines Park, rate 

Si. 50; two restaurants. 
GARAGE — None. Repairs 

by H.B. Blakely. blacksmith 

GASOLIXE— Ferugson Grocery, Ma- 
son Grocery, Porter Hardware. 

IIKLI. TKLEriEOXE— Telephone 
Building on Second Street. 



A. North Forty-second Street, West 
Fasten Boulevard. 




DES MOINES 



HOTELS — Chamberlain (The), cor. 7th and Locust, $1.50 
up. Kuropean. Elliott, 219-21 4th, $0.75 up, Euro- 
pean; Graefe House, 214 Walnut, $0.50 up, European; 
Iowa, cor. 4th and Court Ave., $0.75 up, European; 
Kirkwood (The), cor. 4th and Walnut, $0.75 up, Euro- 
pean: Koyal (The), 70D-11 Mulberry, $0.7.') up. Euro- 
pean: Savery (The), cor. 4th and Locust, $1.00 up, 
European; Victoria (The), cor. 6th and Chestnut, 
$0.75 up, European; Wellington (The), cor. 5th and 
Grand, $0.75 up, European. 

tJAR.VGES — Bernhard & Turner Automobile Co., 508-510- 
512-514 7th St.; Cruzan Co., 200 W. Walnut; Herring 
Motor Car Co.. 912-914 Locust St.; Independent Auto 
Co., 612-614 Mulberry St.; Iowa Automobile * Supply 
Co., 407-411 4th St., opposite Savery Hotel on 4th St.; 
r.agernuist Carriage & Auto Co., The. 514-522 2d St.: 
Leachman & Claiborne, 8th & Mulberry; Riddell 
Automobile Co., 720-722 Locust St.; Sears Automobile 
Co., 10th and Locust; Van Vliet-Fletcher Auto Co.. 
10th and Walnut; Wells, L. J., Livery & Automobile 
Co., The, office 119 4th St., garage 117 8th St. 

RELL TELEPHONE — Telephone Building, 7th and Pleas- 
ant Sts. 



(;(»I\G « EST THHOIGH DES MOINES. 

Turn right at point ",\" (Easton Boulevard and 42d 
St.) on map; cross trolley at Grand Vievy Park on right; 
follow main travel (Easton Boulevard) picking up trolley 
short distance beyond Easton Place M. E. Church: 
straight ahead with trolley; cross railroad twice, turn 
left and riglit with trolley: pass square on left and turn 
left with trolley one block farther on: continue for four 
blocks, turn right; state Capitol one block beyond; tu' i. 



left with trolley on farther side of Capitol grounds and 
right into Locust Street: continue straight ahead over 
Locust street bridge (Coliseum on right) to 4th and Lo- 
cust (Savery Hotel on right; Iowa Publishing Company, 
Home of tills Guide on left) ; continue straight ahead on 
Locust street for three blocks to Chamberlain Hotel, turn 
right and left one block beyond; now on Grand .Vve. : 
straight ahead leaving trolley at St. Katherine's Home. 
Continue on asphalt pavement passing Ingersoll .\muse- 
ment Park on right; cross trolley, wooSen bridge and 
railroad; see next map. 

GOING EAST THROUGH DES MOINES. 

Cross railroad, wooden bridge and trolley; pass Inger- 
soll Amusement Park on left; continue straight ahead 
on asphalt IGrand .\ye.) picking up trolley at St. Kather- 
ine'N Home; straight aliead on brick pavement turnin,g 
riglit "U'ith trolley at Des Moines Life Insurance Building 
(7tli and Grand) for one block; turn left. Chamberlain 
Hotel on corner; straight ahead on Locust street (Savery 
Hotel on left, 4th and Locust streets; Iowa Publishing 
Co., Home of this Guide, on right); cross Locust street 
bridge. Coliseum on left, continue straight ahead over 
railroad crossing to State Capitol; turn left and right 
with trolley around capitol grounds and left with trolley 
over block beyond; follow trolley turning right four 
blocks farther on; pass square on right, and pass up 
trolley on left one block beyond, continuing with main 
trolley turning left and right crossing railroad twice to 
end of line. Pass Easton Place M. E. Church on left; 
straight ahead on main travel (Easton Boulevard) bear- 
ing left and right, crossing trolley at Grand View Park 
on left to point "A" (Easton Boulevard and 42d St.) on 
map; turn left. 



FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy for 90 Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 

SAVERY HOTEL, Des Moines, Iowa 

CHRISTIAN & HEDRICK, Props. 



^Tliis Hotel is centrally located and close to all Theatres and other Places of Amusement. Head- 
quarters for GLIDDEN' TOUR, 1910, and all Automobile Parties passing through Des Moines. 
First Class Cafe in Connection. Rates, $1.00 and up. Baths, $2.00 and up. 

flThe Elliott and Oxford at Des Moines, The Lacey at Oskaloosa and The Keoknk 

at Keokuk under same management. Satisfaction and Courteous Treatment (Guaranteed. 



G. H. HUTTENLOCHER, MGR. 

URISHA) 



TOM REILLY 

(GERMAN) 



The Crocker Cl^ar Store 

WEST 5TH AND LOCUST 

The Leading Brands Cigars Al^vays on Hand. 
GonnissenrH in Smokers Articles 

C. C. TAFT CIGAR CO., Props. 



HERRING MOTOR CAR COMPANY 

912-914 LOCUST STREET. DES MOINES 

FORD and PREMIER Automobiles. Firestone 
Tires, Supplies and Sundries 

ATLANTIC AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 

210-212 CHESTNUT ST., ATLANTIC, IOWA 
30 FOURTH ST.. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 

FORD. REO and PREMIER Cars, Firestone 
Tires, Supplies and Sundries 



FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy for 90 Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 



Leach man-Glai borne 
Company 



Largest Repairing and Rebuilding Plant in the West 
Accessories :: Storage 



800-02-04-06 Mulberry St. Des Moines, lowa 



MOON CARS 

30 $1500 45 $3000 



4 1-2x5 



Four Speeds 
Forward 



L. J. Wells Livery and Automobile Go. 

117 Eighth St., Des Moines, lowa 



U J i 






DES MOINES, IOWA 

Made all of the best illustrations appearing in this book. We can do as well by you. 



DES MOINES 

15.2 M. West to Waukee from 
Savery Hotel, 11.2 M. Bast to 
Altoona. 

For Hotels, Garages and descrip- 
tion of route through city see 

page 91. 




95 



Easton Boulevard and 42nd St. 



FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy for 90 Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 



Independent Auto Co. 

SUCCESSORS TO BUCK AUTO CO. 



«il2-(;l 1 Mulberry Slrei-t 



REPAIRING : STORAGE : OVERHAULING 



OFFICIAL GARAGE 





Amenta for 

Reo 

Mitchell 

Stoddard Dayton 



COViPLETE LINE OF TIAES AND SUNDRIES. BEST GRADE OIL 

SEARS AUTO CO. 

I.arijest Auto Doalprs in Xo\«'it. Cor. lOlli aiifl l^f»cust Sts. 



Ca 
AL 



arterca 



TOMOBILES 



R 



$1050 

TO 

$1605 



The Quiet Running Car and Noted 
Hill Climber 

CRUZAN COMPANY 

200 West Walnut Street 



Iowa I'hone 14(>l 



Miitiiiil Phone />OU 



BeRNHAHD &! TlTKNER AUTOMOBILE Co. 

5(>S-.";i<»-5)".» S«'veii(li Street 

FULL LINE OF TIRES AND ACCESSORIES A SPECIALTY : : STORAGE ACCOMMODATION FOR 125 CARS 

LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED REPAIR SHOP IN THE STATE 



96 



FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy for go Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 





Creger Curtain Fastener 

for 

Buggies and Automobiles 

The Latest Out Neat and Durable 
Will not come unfastened or wear out the curtain. 

Manufactured by 

Merchants Safe Account Co., D^^il^MolNrsrlowA 

Ideal Auto Oils Lead Them All 

If you want to make fast time on long trips— Use IDEAL AUTO OIL. The only 
auto oil on the market compounded of strictly pure Pennsylvania Oil, free from Asphal- 
tum and Sulphur which make Carbon. Ideal Auto Oil has a high viscosity at a high tem- 
perature. Ideal Auto Oil has made a record. We will send a barrel or a 10 gallon can 
on an absolute guarantee to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. 
Our Specialties— Penn Rose Gas, Rex Polish, Ideal Anti-Carhon Compound, Ideal Auto Soap, 
Star Transmission Oil. Give Us a Trial Order. 



Manhattan Oil Company 



Si. I'aul, Minn., 



Des Moines, Iowa, 



Watertown, S. Dak., 



Omaha, Neb., 



Mitchell, S. Dak. 



97 



WOOD'S ELECTRIC LOCOMOBILE 

C Courteous and prompt treatment \^ill be received if you 
make our Garage your headquarters while in Des Moines. 
Here you will have an opportunity of inspecting the most 
complete line of automobile supplies in the middle west. 

Accessories, Repairing, Storage, Vulcanizing, 
Gasoline, and Oils 



Iowa Auto and Supply Company 

407-09-11 Fourth St., Des Moines, Iowa 
io;;X"""'' "ffE NEVER CLOSE" 



FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy for go Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 



Independent Auto Co. 

SUCCESSORS TO BUCK AUTO CO. 



612-(;i I Mulberry Street 



REPAIRING : STORAGE : OVERHAULING 



OFFICIAL GARAGE 




CO PLETE LINE OF TI-ES AND S NDRIES. BEST GRADE OIL 

SEARS AUTO CO. 

I.ari^est Auto Oeiiler>* in Io%«'a. Cor. 10(h and Locust Sts. 



G 



arterca 

AUTOMOBILES 



R 



$1050 
$1605 



The Quiet Running Car and Noted 
Hill Climber 

CRUZAN COMPANY 

200 West Walnut Street 



lowii IMioiie I 41)1 



Miiliiiil Phone 502 



Bernhard ^v Turner Automobile Co. 

oOS.510-5)2 Seventh St reet 

FULL LINE OF TIRES AND ACCESSORIES A SPECIALTY : : STORAGE ACCOMMODATION FOR 125 CARS 

LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED REPAIR SHOP IN THE STATE 



99 




loo 




4 M. West to Ortonville. 15.2 M. 

East to Savery Hotel, Des 

Moines. 
HOTEL — New Waukee Hotel. 
ti.VR.VGE — None. Livery stable 

will accommodate. Blacksmith 

shop for repairs. 
G.VSOLIXE — Crispin & Duncan. 

.1. H. Carter & Son. 
IIEL.L TELEPHONE — Over Wau- 

kee Savings Bank. 



lUl 




ORTONVILLE. 



2.7 il. West to Ailel, 4 il. East to 
Waukee. 

liOTEL — None. 

GARAGE — None. 

<;.vsoi-lXE — None. 

102 



I Xctel 



^P^pOSr . hop 



' Waler Pip^ 



Blaeftsntfh 



Sla£*jmt// : 



SanA 



DtU^ Ji WP 



I Hofel 




ADEL 




8.9 West to Redfleld, 2.7 M. Bast 

to Ortonville. 
HOTELS — .Vrlington. rate $2.00; 

Iowa, rate $1.00; Adel House, 

rate $1.00. 
GAR.VGE — None. 



REP-VIIIS A.\D G.VSOLINE — F. 

D. Burns, blacksmith; H. De 
Camp, blacksmith. 
BELL TELEPHONE — Over Adel 
State Bank on Main St. 



103 



FREXf'H AUTO OIT^the Remedy for 00 ].pr cent of voiir Aiitn Tronl. 



.1. W. Kussell, Preeident 

D. A. Blaachard, V. Prea. 
Wm. Koberta, Cashier 

V. \V. Miller. Aast. Cash. 
L, R. Roberts, Asst. Casb. 

mxst 

^attmtal lank 

CAPITAL S50,000 

ADEL. IOWA 

DIRECTORS 
.J. W. RuEsrll I). A. Rlnnchnr^i 
Wm. kLlxTtB Frjiiik Hemphill 
A.. I. Lyons L.K.Knbi-rtB iJ.E.Kii.B 


HESTON AND STACY 

ADEL. IOWA 

DRUGS : COLD DRINKS : CIGARS 
AUTOMBILE OIL 


S. M. LEACH. PBESIOENT 
ROBERT L. LEACH. CASHIER 

THE ADEL 

State Bank 


CAPITAL $50,00.00 


ADEL, IOWA 


S. M. Leach. Preeident 

Uhas. R. Ilrenton. V. Pres. 
Clyde E. Brenton, V. Pres. 
Samuel V. Kuft. Cashier 

E. R. Biirkett. Asst. Casb. 

BANK 
OF WAUKEE 

WAUKEE. IOWA 


N. E. COLTON 

BLACKSMITHiNG 


Send your films and 
plates to us for de- 
veloping and finish- 
ing. 


F. D. Burns & Son 
A del, Iowa 

filarksmithing and all kinds 
of general repair work. 


AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING 
AND SUPPLIES. AGENT 
FOR THE MITCHELL CAR. 


T/ie Iowa 
Publishing Company 

hourth and Locust Streets 
Des Moines, Iowa 


J.B.J. LOHNER 


Dealer in Real Estate 


RESPONSIBILITY S75O.000.00 


REDFIELD, IOWA 


EXIRA, ■ ■ I Off A 


YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED 




105 



6.5 M. West to Dale City. 8.9 M. 
East to Adel. 

HOTEL — None. Rooms and meals 
can be had at restaurant, Hug- 
gins & Stewart. 

G VR.VGE — None. N. E. Colton, 
blacksmith, for repairs. 

GVSOLIXE — .^t Auto Filling- Sta- 
tion on First St. near Thomas. 

IlEbL. TELEPHOXE — Over State 



.V. Road here goes under via- 
duct and is tlie most dangerous 
place along the entire River to 
River road. Slow down and 
use horn freely. 

B. Danger, steep hill here. Slow 
down. 



NOTE — River to River road 
turns in Redfleld at Bank on 
northwest corner. Drug Store 
on northeast; bank on south- 
east and Dry Goods Store on 
southwest corner. 




106 



DALE CITY 

6.2 M. West to Monteith, 6.5 M. 
East to Redfleld. 

HOTEL. — None. Meals and room 
can be had at residence of F. 
C. Bartlett, opposite General 
Store. 

G.VR.\GE — None. Blacksmith re- 
pairs macliines. 

GASOLINE — .Vt General Store. 




107 



MONTEITH 

6.2 M. West to Guthrie Center, 
6.5 M. East to Dale City. 

HOTEL — None. Meals and room 
can be had at the private home 
of W. Willey. 

G.\RAGE — None. Repairs at Chas. 
Platte, blacksmith. 

GASOLIXE — Reed & Branson, 
General Store. 

BELL TELEPHONE — In the gro- 
cery store: only one in town. 




Car turning south. 



GUTHRIE CE.NTER 




13 2 M. West to North Branch, 
6.2 M. East to Montelth. 

HOTELS — Cottage. rate $2.00; 
Pilgrim, rate $2.00. 

GARAGES— C. T. Harney & Co., 
J. W. Hughes, T. J. Foster. 

G VSOLINE— .Vt garages or Stand- 
ard Oil Station. 

BELL TELEPHONE— Up Stairs 
over Lawyer's Office on State 
St. 



LcJ L_ 



-sr.-^ 



PILGRIM HOTEL 

OFFICIAL RIVER TO RIVER HOTEL 
GUTHRIE CENTER. IOWA 

RATES, $2 PER DAY 

M. A. TILLINGHAST, Proprietor 



109 




110 




ll.r. M. WVst to Exira, t3.2 -M. 
East to Guthrie Center. 

Gates, rate $1.00 . 



GAIl.VGE — Xonc. Levi Stillians 
does repair worlt and Iceeps a 
tour-barrel tank of gasoline. 




Turning point of 
River to River 
Road at Exira. 
Lumber office on 
northwest cor- 
ner. Hardware 
store southwest. 
Drug store on 
southeast. 



EXIRA 



5 -M. South to Oakfield. 11.5 Jl. 
lCa.st to North Branch. 

HOTELS — Park, rate .?2.00; .\n- 
drews. rate $2.00: two restaur- 
ants. 

G.VR.VGES — H. P. Hansen, 
Exira Auto & Machine Works. 

G.VSOLINE — Garages and C. \V. 
Hansen. 

BELL TELEPHONE — N. Hansen's 
Drug- Store. 



FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy f;r go Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 



H. P. Hansen 
Auto Co. 

AGENT FOR 

Hoo, K<>r<l iiiifl ISriisli 
AiifoiiiohiloK 

STORAGE 

FIRE PROOF GARAGE 

EXIRA - IOWA 



CHAS. VAN GORDER, Pres. EDWIN DELAHOYDE, Cash 

iLht Exfhanrir lauk 

DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS 

EXIRA ... - IOWA 



P. M. CHRISTENSEN Nels Hansen HiRA^Ji 

r//E lEWELER Prescriptiun Dru,,rst 

: CIGARS. TOBACCOS AND 

EXIRA IOWA SUDA FOUNTAIN 



Motorist Take Notice ! 



We carry a complete line of 
Oils. Tires and Automobile 
Supplies. Also well equipped 
to do all kinds of repairing. 
Tf you are in trouble phone 92 
and our emergency Car and 
ilechanics w:U be at hand 
promptly- 

Exira Auto <5 
Machine Wks. 

E,XIRA, I)WA 



«»FFICEKS 

CHAS. R. BRENTON, PiiES. SAM'L F. FOFT. Sec'Y Treas. 
O. A. REPASS. Vice Pres. JESSE COPELAND Gen Mcr. 



niRECTORS 



JESSE COPELAND 



O. A. REPASS 



CLYDE E. BRENTON 



The Ne Plus Ultra Generator Co. 

INCORPORATED 

CAPITAL STOCK - S20,000.()0 
WAUKEE, IOWA 

The Ne Plus Ultra Generator is the only automobile carbide generator supplying gas under pressure. The most 
economical, gives the best light, automatic in operation. Write for full information. Terms to dealers. 



RAYfONj 




OAKFIELD 

6V2 M. South to Lorali. r, M. North 
to Exira. 

HOTEL — None. 

G.vnVGE — None. 

G.VSOLINE — None. 

BRAYTON 

West of River to River Road. 

HOTEIi — Beers. 

G.VR.VGE — None. S. R. Nelson 
keeps gasoline and batteries. 

IIELL. TELEPHONE — R. Miller's 
Drug store. 



113 




LORAH 



7 M. Southwest to Atlantic. C >i 
M. North to OakfleUl. 

IIOTKL — None. 

GAR.VGE — None. 

G.VSOLIIVE — None. 




SEE ATLANTIC' 'm 



117 



KODAKS 



Films, River (<> Hiver 

R4KI<1 (illi<ION 



F. M. Alexaiukr 
ATLANTIC. lA. 



Atlantic Nat'l Bank 

ATLANTIC ■ IOWA 

The Oldest Bank 
in Cass County and 
the only National 
B;ink in Atlantic 

Capital ' ■ $100,000 
Surplus 4 Profits ■ SSO.OOO 




PARK HOTEL »%ir"' 

6th and Chestnut S'reets, Atlantic, Iowa 



Riites, S-'OO; with Bath, Ji.50 
Special Attention to Auto Par- 
ties. Convenient to The John- 
son Garage : : : : 



W, B. ELLIOTT = Prop. 



ATLANTIC 

7.4 M. West to Marne, 7 il. North- 

ast to Lorah. 
HOTEL — Park, rate ?2.00; three 

restaurants. 

G.VRAGES — Johnson Auto Co., 
Wetzel Auto Co., Atlantic Auto 
Co. 

(;AS0JL.INE — .\t garages. 

II!;I,L TEIyEPHONE — Cor. 5th 
and Chestnut Sts. 



US 



MARNE 



.G .\I. A\-e.st to Walnut, 
JOast to Atlantic. 



HOTKL — None. 
E. Derby. 

GARAGE — None. 

GASOH\'E — At General Sto: e. 

BELL TELEl»HO.\E — E. Wheel- 
er's Grocery Store. 

Restaurant at turning- point. 




'A" Sisn liere reads "Turn left 
and take good roads to Marne. 
2V4 miles." This was evidently 
put up by some enthusiast 
along the road wishin.s to draw 
the tourists his way. It is ad- 
vised to follow River to River 
Road which leads one mile 
nortli over viaduct. thence 
west, thereby avoiding railroad 
crossing into Marne. 



4 IVl. 
Restaurant. R. 






FRENCH AUTO OIL— The Remedy fcr 90 Per Cent of Ycur Auto Troubles. 



When in Walnut 

Go to the 

Blue Ribbon Buffet 

For a Gold Bottle of 
Beer or a Good Gigar 


The PALACE CAFE 

0. W. HENNINGS, Prop. 


Cigars :: Tobaccos :; Fruits :: Nuts 
Confectionery :: News Depot 


MEALS Ayr) SHORT ORDERS A SPECIALTY 


l=:r/ph"or"" Walnut, lowa 


W. R. Bixby, Prop. Walnut, Iowa 


EDWARD D BURKE, ROSE E. ERASER, 

Pres. and Cash. Asst. Cash. 

IHE 
CITIZENS BANK 

Walnut .... Iowa 


The IOWA PUBLISHING CO. 

M. HVEBINGER, C. E. General Manager 

FORMERLY OF DAVENPORT, IOWA 

MAP AND ATLAS PUBLISHERS 

Commercial Photographers, Commercial Draftsmen, 
Blue Printers, Surveyors, Engineers 


Estimates on all Kinds of Map Work 
Developing and Finishing for Amateurs 

i- 7 S^'ir.;*"/,. /.=.„« s.. Des Moines, Iowa 



WALNUT 



6.6 M. West to Avoca, 7.6 M. East 

to Marne. 
HOTEL — Cottage, rate 

Burmeister. rate $1.00; 

restaurants. 
G.\R.\GE — Burke & Pratt 
G.\J>OLl\'E — .\t garage. 
HEI.I, TELEPHONE — J. 



$2.00: 
three 



Fred 




WAJlNUT 







/ii 



122 



avoca"hotel 

C. J. GUTTENFELDER, Proprietor 

Rates $2.00 per day 

SPECIAL Attention to TOURISTS 



AVOCA. 



IOWA 



Norton Auto 

Company 



U K A 1. K R S IN 

Auto Supplies 

White Rose Gas 



AVOCA 



IOWA 




AVOCA 



10.8 M. West to Minden, 6.6 M. 
East to Walnut. 

HOTELS — Avoca. rate $2.00; 
Tanims, rate $1.00; three res- 
taurants. 

GARAGE — Norton Auto Co. 

G.V.SOLIN'E — At .parage and at 
Standard Oil Station. 

BELL TELEPHONE — .V. J. Max- 
well's Drug Store. 



123 




124 





Celebrating- 4th of July at Min- 
den. 



MINDE.N 



4.6 M. Southwest to Neola, 10.8 
M. East to Avoca. 

HOTELS — Union, rate $1.50; 
Commercial, rate $1.50. 

gar.vge; — None. 

GASOLINE — .\t garage and John 
Geiger who has 150-gal. tank. 

HELL TELEPHONE — Max Leh- 
man's Drug Store. 



125 



T. A. Mitchell 



T. W. McDermolt 



NEOLAAUTOCO. 

Agon(s tor MAXWELL, REO £> 
FORD CARS 



Autos lor sale, auto renairing, auto 
livery, auto supplier and re' airs. 




6.1 M. Southwest to Underwood, 

4.6 M. Northeast to Mindon. 
HOTELS — Clifton, rate $2.00; 

O'Connor, rate $1.00; Central, 

rate $1.00. 
GAUAGK — Mitchell &■ McDennott. 
(;.\S(>I,I.\K — .\t prarag^e and at 

Standard Oil Station. 
BELL TELEPHONE — Fourlh and 

Main Sts. 



.\. Car headed north. 

B. Turning point. Coal Ollice. 

norteast corner, Blacksmith 

southwest corner. 



UNDE.RWOOD 

6.1 M. Southwest to Weston, 6.1 

M. Northeast to Neola. 
HOTEL — Schmaedecke. $1.00 day. 
G.VR.VGE — None. No one to do 

repair work here. 
G.XSOHNE — Shield Bros., Reed 

& Masters. W. F. Cash. 
BEL,!. TELEPHONE — On Main St. 




II. Car Uiiiiin-, lu'itli. 




127 



A. Car headed north. 




I ' 




7.4 II. Southwe-st to Council 
Bluffs. 6.1 M. Northeast to Un- 
derwood. 

HOTEL — The Weston, rate $1.25. 

G.VRAGE — None. A. Iverson, 
blacksmith, does repairing. 

GASOLINE — P. C. Peterson, Tom 
Smith. 

HELL TELEPHONE — Part ot 
Council Bluffs, no pay station. 





'A" Car headed nortliwest out 
of Council Bluffs. 



12D 




i;\TKRl\<i < !>l \<ll. IIM FFS. 

Turn right at general store marked '"A" (see iilioto). follow 
road to trolley line at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Turn right 
one block, then left and follow trolley to center of city along 
r.roadwav. For Omaha; Continue west along Broadway. l?av.ng 
irulley tliree blocks after first railroad cross ng: Toll Bridge; 10 
cents for car and 5 cents for each occupant. 



Car headed rortliwe-.t 
out of Council Bluff.-. • 




111,1 FFS. 

r'iik lip trolley on Broadway, follow to .Jenn e Edmundson 
HospitiU. turn left, follow 'telesrapli iioles to point "A" (sec 
l)li()to). turn left. 



COUNCIL BLUFFS 



..4 M. Northeast to Weston. „,, ,. ., 

IIOTFI, — The Grand Hotel, rates .ill. 00 up. European: The Keil. 

.Sl.OO per day. 
III'.I.L TFI,KI'H«IMO — No. 12 Scott St. 

no. 



Muscatine Branch 

of 

River to River Road 



Davenport - Muscatine - West Liberty 




10 M. East to Davenport. 12 11. 
We.-it to Sweetland. 

HOTELS — None. No restaurants. 
Meals and rooms can be had 
at the home ot T. Goerins. Al- 
so meals at L. S. Robinson. 

c;.VRAGK — None. Repairs by 

blacksmith. Henry Kuhlman. 

i;.VS01,IXE — Kautz, general store 
and Plett tt Schroeder, general 
store. 

iii;i,i, TKi.iMMioxE — At stores. 



PLEASANT PRAIRIE 

Villa Lie. Xo accniiiiinnhii iuiis. 

ME.LPINE 

Village. Xo a.cimmurlaiions. 




SWEETLAND 

11 M. i;ast I.. l;lu.- r.la.-s. 11. fi .M. 
Soiithwe.'^t to .Mu.-^catine. 

HOTKI.S — None. Board and rooms 
at ^uncan'^s store. 

<; \.«OM.\E — At Duncan's gen- 
eral store. No garage. 




J MUSCATINE 

S££ MUSCArfMe^*' "" -^ 



FRENCH AUTO OIL — The Remedy for go Per Cent of Your Auto Troubles. 



AUTO LIVERY AND SUPPLIES 



FRED BOWMAN 



Bnick and E. M. & F. Gars 



Autos I Waftons t Ba^fties : Harness 



OPP. ROCK ISLAND DEPOT, MUSCATINE, IOWA 



WHEN COMING THROUGH MUSCATINE. 
IOWA. CALL AT THE 

JACKSON MOTOR CAR CO'S. GARAGE 

Full Line of Supplies and Good Men 
in Shop for Repairing 

100-108 W. FOURTH i.T., OPP, POST OFFICE 

We Also Sell Automobiles 



MORA Muscatine OAKLAND 

SM ALLEY AUTO 
& MARIINE CO. 

GARAGE, SUPPLIES, COMPLETE REPAIR SHOP 
Iowa Phone 92S X Near Hii!h Brldlie .T 1 ;» E. Front S« 



L. R. HEITZ 

Aulomobile and General 
Repair Work 

All Kinds of Machinery 
Built and Repaired 



723 E. Second St.. Between Oak 

and Sprini! Streets 

PHONE 528 Y 



MUSCATINE, IOWA 



E. E. DAVIDSON 



News 



and 
Stationery 

MUSCATINE. IOWA 



fcaC 




E.VTEKIXG MrSCATI>'E FROM DAVEXPOUT. 

River to River road turns south with an octagonal 
liouse to rigrht. Pick up trolley one-half mile soutli, fol- 
low trollej' along Park Ave. to Second and turn to risht 
witli trolley, down grade. Cross steel bridge and pass 
L. R. Heitz Garage on left. Cross railroad twice, turn 
right at Second and Mtilberry streets leaving trolley to 
center of cit y. 

iiEAVlXG MISC.VTIXE FOR DAVEM'ORT. 

Start Second and Mulberry, follow street car track 
cross railroad twice, pass L. R. Heitz Garage on right, 
cross steel bridge up grade, turn left with trolley at Sec- 
ond and Park Ave., follow trolley to end of line, leave 
trolley continue north, pass octagonal house on left. 
River to River road turns northeast at this point. 

LE.VVISrG MUSCATIXE FOR WEST LIIIEKTV. 

Starting at Second and Mulberry turn right leaving 
car track, follow along Mulberry street picking up car 
track four blocks north. End of car track continue north 
to branch road on right, bear to right, branch road on 
right bear to left, on main road. 

EXTERIXG MrSC.XTIXE FROM WEST LIBERTY. 

Bear to right branch road to left bear right, branch 
road on left, end of car line bear left, follow car I'he to 
turning point, continue straight to Second and Mulberry, 
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IIOTKliS — Grand, rate .?2.00, .\merican plan: Commercial. 

rate $0.50, $O.T.t and $1.00, European plan: Kemble, 

rate $1.00. American plan. 
u \R \*;i":s — Bowman's Garage. .Tackson Motor Car Co.. 

Smalley Garage. Heitz Garage, Fisher Auto Co. 
(i\S(»l,l\E — -Xt garages. 
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